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August 7, 2013

Obama to speak at Let Freedom Ring ceremony

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will speak later this month at a ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the…
June 19, 2013

Rand Paul makes a play for black voters but stumbles badly

OPINION - Rand Paul displays the sort of lack of self-awareness that could only make a sociopath smile – which…
December 5, 2012

Rep. Jack Brooks, co-author of 1964 Civil Rights Act, dead at 89

HOUSTON (AP) - Jack Brooks, who spent 42 years in Congress representing his Southeast Texas district and was in the…
May 29, 2012

June 7th marks beginning of 'Plessy v. Ferguson'

theGRIO REPORT - Plessy, who was considered Creole, and his case (Plessy v. Ferguson) would set in motion a series…
February 8, 2012

TheGrio's 100: Andrew 'Bo' Young, III, changing the way we give

theGRIO's 100 - Andrew 'Bo' Young, III is the CEO of Give Locally, a website that pre-screens and posts the…