Civil Rights Movement

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October 14, 2010
VIDEO - Simeon Wright had no idea he would witness the kidnapping of the man whose murder launched the civil…
September 7, 2010
OPINION - The civil rights movement is also rooted in African-American women's long struggle against sexual violence...
August 30, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - They said they're often asked about that day in 1963, what it was like, how they felt…
August 26, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Beck's rally on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have…
August 3, 2010
Marc Morial is one of the award recipients at a conference breakfast in downtown Baltimore for the National Organization of…
May 22, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas State Board of Education adopted a social studies and history curriculum that amends or…
May 20, 2010
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Critics, including the president of the NAACP, a former U.S. education secretary and the committee that…
April 29, 2010
OPINION - A fitting tribute for Height would be for all of us in the black community to recommit to…
April 29, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Noting Height's trademark attire, Obama said, "we loved those hats she wore like a crown. Regal."...
April 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama called on Americans to honor the memory of civil rights leader Dorothy Height by serving…
April 24, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - More than 50 years after Emmett Till was killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman, one…
April 22, 2010
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Next year's commemoration of the 1961 Mississippi Freedom Rides is expected to dwarf any other tourism…
April 20, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Height, whose activism on behalf of women and minorities dated to the New Deal, led the National Council…
April 20, 2010
OPINION - Dorothy Height reminds us that even long lives are far too short, and that the time for action…
April 20, 2010
The late Dorothy Height dedicated every moment of her being to service, to create the best world possible for all...
March 11, 2010
VIDEO - Take a ride down Broad Street in Selma, and history will greet you nearly every block...
February 26, 2010
Although her name is not widely recognized, this pioneer played in important role in one of the most important events…
February 19, 2010
OPINION - Malcolm's legacy has been treated like the neglected step-child of the African-American struggle for freedom and equality...
February 19, 2010
VIDEO - At a June 1964 rally, Malcolm X criticizes the Civil Rights Bill emerging from Congress...
February 19, 2010
VIDEO - A new film looks at how the tragic murder of a Vietnam veteran prompted a small North Carolina…