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Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young describes ‘dirty work’ of civil rights movement in new documentary
At 93, the former U.N. ambassador and civil rights icon looks back on the unglamorous labor that helped fuel the…
Joseph McNeil was one of four North Carolina college students who launched a non-violent sit-in at a Woolworth’s lunch counter…
Boston celebrates the 60 year anniversary of 1965 Freedom Rally at a time when the Trump administration is waging war…
Bernice Johnson Reagon, a musician and scholar, died on July 16, according to her daughter's social media post. She was…
Following the death of civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson, members of Congress are hoping to award him with a…
Part 2 of theGrio’s Black History Month series explores the myths, misunderstandings & mischaracterizations of the struggle for civil rights.
A monument was unveiled Thursday in Detroit to commemorate a white mother who was slain in Alabama while shuttling demonstrators…
Overall, there were nearly 1,000 incidents of police violence reported in 2020 during the protests after George Floyd's death.
60 years after Medgar Evers' assassination, many people still don't know his story and how he helped lead the fight…
The first-term Democratic congresswoman from Dallas is ready to fight for progressive issues and says the civil rights movement inspired…
President Biden's Jan.15 visit to Ebenezer Baptist Church will come on what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.'s 94th…
The House has unanimously passed a bill posthumously awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till.
The confederate Obelisk Monument toppled in June 2020 after a judge ruled it a threat to public safety, as previously…
In an interview theGrio, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush reflects on his political career and activism rooted in the civil rights…
OPINION: But unlike the FBI's sinister actions during the civil rights era, which were mostly done in secret, the raid…
Why can't the people fighting for reproductive and gay rights, or gun reform see their goals coincide with the movement…
Emmett Till's relatives still want to see justice done in his 1955 murder, and that includes arresting his accuser Carolyn…
Alabama State University removed the name of a KKK member from a dorm and renamed it for a leader in…
One of the things that infuriates me about most Hollywood versions of Black history is how they cast crotchety, old…
Smollett was recently sentenced to 150 days in prison for lying about a racist, homophobic attack that he orchestrated.