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June 6, 2013
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP)- Former President Bill Clinton and Evers' widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, joined Holder for a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington…
May 28, 2013
CLUTCH - Few are taught about Olivia Ferguson McQueen during Black History Month, but she is a Civil Rights Movement…
May 27, 2013
BLACK HISTORY -- Few Americans are aware of the holiday's roots in the Civil War's aftermath, and of the heavy…
May 26, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - This month, Autier Allen-Craft was elected to the position of regent in the Norwalk–Village Green chapter of…
May 21, 2013
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) - In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on…
May 19, 2013
OPINION - Eighty years after the birth and forty eight years after the assassination of black nationalist leader Malcolm X,…
May 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - For many Americans, Candice Glover did not just become the current American Idol; she became an ambassador…
April 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - One-time slave quarters will be recreated at former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's home...
April 17, 2013
OPINION - Some GOPers, Sen. Paul included, love to bring up the fact that Abraham Lincoln 'freed the slaves'...
April 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - King’s letter reflected the religious challenges of his time, addressing the crisis of Christian faith for southern…
April 11, 2013
OPINION - During a speech at Howard University, Rand Paul made his case for blacks supporting the Republican Party. Unfortunately,…
April 4, 2013
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Legislature has voted to pardon the Scottsboro Boys, more than 80 years after the…
April 3, 2013
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A dealer of rare historic documents is selling a letter from Martin Luther King Jr. to a…
April 3, 2013
OPINION - When President Barack Obama embraced Rachel Robinson, the 90-year-old widow of baseball Hall of Fame legend Jackie Robinson…
March 22, 2013
More than 68 garments will be on display, including works by designers such as Oscar de la Renta, Pierre Cardin…
March 22, 2013
TRAVEL -- The sequester may have shut down White House tours, but it hasn't stopped the president from opening up…
March 14, 2013
ESSAY - There is no denying that each of these women played more than their part in uplifting their race…
February 24, 2013
(AP) - Not that many years ago, three portraits hung in thousands of African-American homes, a visual tribute to men…
February 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama says the dedication in the Capitol of a statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa…
February 22, 2013
SLIDESHOW - theGrio decided to track down some of the living descendants of well-known African-American historical figures to find out…