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CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — Civil rights leader and former congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy has been arrested at Dulles International Airport…
SELMA, Alabama (AP) — An 860-mile protest march to Washington has begun in Selma, 50 years after the city's historic…
OPINION - If we need a "new leader," cool. But why don't we ever ask who "she" might be? If…
theGRIO REPORT - Jay Z and Will Smith are ready for their next collaboration. The Hollywood/hip-hop giants will tell the…
Can you think of a better way for a black man to spend Memorial Day than to burn a Confederate
theGRIO REPORT - Thursday marks the third anniversary of the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin...
Meryl Streep leapt to her feet cheering, pointing and shouting, "Yes! Yes!" as Patricia Arquette ended her Oscar acceptance speech…
NEW YORK (AP) — Activists, actors, and politicians will remember civil rights leader Malcolm X with a ceremony at the
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nine black men arrested for integrating a whites-only South Carolina lunch counter 54 years ago may…
NEW YORK (AP) — For Ruby Dee, acting and activism weren't contradictory things. They were inseparable, and they were intertwined...
Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-Ky.) aggressive outreach to the black community over the last several months is dividing African-American leaders, with…
OPINION - The question remains: Will the civil rights organizers of today respond with a sustained push for voter registration…
OPINION - With four of five living presidents poised to attend the Civil Rights Summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson…
NBC News - The main section of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn. reopens to the public on…