Civil Rights Movement

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May 8, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Washington National Cathedral is preparing to dedicate a new carving of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks in…
April 20, 2012
VIDEO - President Obama recently visited the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. While there, he sat on the bus…
March 25, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - 'Mad Men' made a rare nod to the civil rights movement, which was jarring for a show…
March 15, 2012
Forty-four years after Martin Luther King Jr's death there will finally be a MLK street in Memphis, Tennessee -- ironically…
February 6, 2012
The audiotape of Malcolm X's 1961 address in Providence might never have surfaced at all if 22-year-old Brown University student…
February 4, 2012
OPINION - Last week, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie demonstrated blatant ignorance of the African-American civil rights movement in America…
February 1, 2012
OPINION - Here at theGrio, we thought we'd kick off February the right way by debunking the 10 biggest myths…
January 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says the turmoil of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and…
January 16, 2012
SLIDESHOW - In this list of 25 people who paved the way for MLK there are familiar and unfamiliar names…
January 15, 2012
VIDEO - Anti-war marches like this one took place in other parts of the country as well as the rest…
January 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Talking to children about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. may not be as simple as…
January 14, 2012
VIDEO - The summer of 1963 marked a time of massive nationwide civil rights protests demanding freedom and equality...
January 13, 2012
VIDEO - In this archival footage you'll get to see Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activist Roy Wilkins…
January 13, 2012
VIDEO - Rev Martin Luther King Jr. debates the importance of the sit-ins at NBC New York studio...
January 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - They say behind every great man stands a great woman. Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist and…
December 24, 2011
OPINION - Since the passing of my beloved friend and Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) brother Ofield Dukes, I find myself…
December 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Rosa Parks is one of the most familiar yet least known figures in the history of the…
November 28, 2011
OPINION - For African-Americans, the stakes are high. Black people still suffer from wounds of the civil rights movement, and…
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…
November 5, 2011
(AP) - The Department of Justice, under its 5-year-old "Cold Case Initiative" and the 2007 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights…