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October 24, 2025
At 93, the former U.N. ambassador and civil rights icon looks back on the unglamorous labor that helped fuel the…
October 21, 2023
President Emmanuel Macron promoted Andrew Young in recognition of his outstanding contributions to human rights and equality.
October 30, 2022
A new scholarship program for students at historically Black colleges and universities bears the name of former Atlanta Mayor Andrew…
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January 8, 2021
MLB legend Hank Aaron publicly received his COVID-19 vaccination in an effort to “help zillions of people in this country.”
October 11, 2020
Greenwood, which draws it name from Black Wall Street, plans to support minority entrepreneurs when it launches in January.
April 24, 2020
Civil rights activist Andrew Young understands too well what Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is going through and gives the young…
December 25, 2014
“It is good to be present when the ordinary is trans­formed… It is good to see the commonplace illumined and
June 7, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Dr. Maya Angelou was honored Saturday during an emotional private memorial service held at Wake Forest University.…
May 29, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights icon Andrew Young has paid tribute to his close personal friend Maya Angelou, who died…
January 20, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - This year is the 28th national observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, which means there…
November 27, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) - . The points of legal contention are who has the rights to King's words and image,…
November 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The first time Harry Belafonte met John F. Kennedy he was unimpressed...
November 21, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Jesus, Dr. Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy were the three portraits that hung on the…
April 4, 2013
OPINION - Two years after their re-discovery, restored video footage of Dr. King’s convicted assassin, James Earl Ray, in custody…
November 18, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A long in-development Martin Luther King Jr biopic, which was presumed shelved, is now reportedly back on…
January 23, 2012
When Mattie Lawson's husband, Michael, suggested in 2003 that they consider hosting a political fundraiser at their lavish Los Angeles…
January 16, 2012
VIDEO - In this archival footage President Ronald Reagan officially makes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday a national holiday...
January 16, 2012
SLIDESHOW - In this list of 25 people who paved the way for MLK there are familiar and unfamiliar names…
December 1, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The nation's first free broadcast network, Bounce TV, aimed at African-American audiences is now on the air…
November 18, 2011
OPINION - Your average sit-in activist was usually a well-dressed and polished church-goer or college student who was able to…