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March 22, 2012

Mother of the Reverend Al Sharpton dies at age 87

theGRIO REPORT - Ada Sharpton, the 87-year-old mother of the Reverand Al Sharpton passed away early this Thursday morning in…
March 21, 2012

Oscar winner Octavia Spencer honored by hometown

MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) - Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer is being honored at the Alabama Statehouse, where about 400 people turned…
March 14, 2012

Southern primary results reveal weaknesses of whole GOP field

OPINION - Mitt Romney's clumsy mismanagement of the expectations game is what gave Santorum's wins in Mississippi and Alabama a…
March 14, 2012

Santorum wins could create a two-man race with Romney

theGRIO REPORT - Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum won the primaries in Alabama and Mississippi on Tuesday, likely knocking former…
March 13, 2012

Santorum sweeps Alabama, Mississippi primaries

WASHINGTON (AP) - A resurgent Rick Santorum swept primaries in Alabama and Mississippi Tuesday night, upending the race for the…
March 13, 2012

Alabama, Mississippi: A big day of primaries for Gingrich, Romney and Santorum

theGRIO REPORT - Some polls in Alabama and Mississippi have shown Romney effectively tied with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich…
March 12, 2012

Poll: Most Alabama, Mississippi GOP voters believe Obama is Muslim

theGRIO REPORT - Despite facing some of his most challenging days during the 2008 campaign for his controversial Christian minister,…
March 12, 2012

Romney's 'Southern' accents are a hit-and-miss try

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Wealthy New Englander Mitt Romney is trying to woo Southern voters with a mix of regional…
March 9, 2012

Tyrese, MLK III, activists to join Sharpton voter rights march in Alabama

VIDEO - Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a march in Montgomery, Alabama Friday, in a bid to highlight what he…
March 6, 2012

Sharpton march part of broader push against new voting laws

theGRIO REPORT - The five-day march from Selma to Montgomery, which retraces the steps Martin Luther King. Jr and others…
January 22, 2012

Slideshow: The Tuskegee Airmen's legacy still soars

SLIDESHOW - America's first black military fighter pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen used their intelligence, skill, and courage to ignore discrimination…
December 21, 2011

Tsumani clouds cover sky in Alabama

An unusual phenomenon occurs in Birmingham, Friday morning, December 16, 2011. The sky looks like the dream of conquering the…
October 26, 2011

Immigration law brings city workers to Alabama's farms (VIDEO)

theGRIO VIDEO - The law has led Latinos to leave the state in droves - and has left industries like…
October 24, 2011

Mourners praise civil rights activist Shuttlesworth

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Rep. John Lewis called the preacher 'one of the founding fathers of the New America,' who…
October 23, 2011

Holder, pastors praise Ala. civil rights icon Shuttlesworth

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, often eclipsed by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in life, was…
October 21, 2011

Anti-black jury bias exposed in Alabama

theGRIO REPORT - The Equal Justice Initiative based in Montgomery, Ala., filed the suit on behalf of five African-Americans who…
September 27, 2011

Author: Alabama prison wrong to ban 're-enslavement' book

theGRIO REPORT- An inmate in a prison near Montgomery, Ala., has filed a lawsuit in a federal court claiming that…
September 27, 2011

Alabama inmate sues to read southern history book

Last Friday, Mark Melvin, who is serving a life sentence at Kilby, filed suit in federal court against the prison's…
September 23, 2011

New program sends first time offenders to church

VIDEO - 'It's not a crime prevention program,' Bay Minette Police Chief Mike Rowland said, 'It's a crime intervention program'...
September 21, 2011

Judge tosses Ala. challenge to election monitoring

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. District Judge John Bates ruled against Shelby County, Ala., which sued Attorney General Eric Holder to…