Civil Rights

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November 12, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Piers Morgan got into a Twitter debate with singer John Legend over the use of the "N-word"…
November 9, 2014
Now that President Obama has named his selection of Loretta Lynch as the new U.S. Attorney General, the only question
September 27, 2014
A new NAACP report points out that 20 U.S. states do not clearly forbid police from racial profiling. It also appears that
September 20, 2014
The late, great Ruby Dee was memorialized at New York City's Riverside Church
August 11, 2014
(AP) — Barneys has agreed to pay $525,000 to resolve allegations that minorities were singled out as suspected shoplifters at…
July 4, 2014
OPINION - On this Independence Day—as we celebrate the struggles that were fought and the sacrifices that were made in…
July 2, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law theCivil Rights Act of 1964, one…
June 20, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has agreed to a $40 million settlement in a civil rights lawsuit filed…
June 4, 2014
(AP) - A southeast Michigan public school teacher who was removed from the classroom while district officials looked into whether…
May 28, 2014
theGRIO OBIT - Dr. Maya Angelou, who kicked down the door for many African American and other female artists, passed…
April 29, 2014
OPINION - Racial justice organizations must decide if their integrity has a price tag, and whether risking their reputation and…
April 29, 2014
OPINION - NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced Tuesday Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has been banned for life and…
April 13, 2014
NBC News - NBC News - A handkerchief, a driver’s license and handwritten letters – they are a small portion…
April 10, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton opened his annual civil rights conference Wednesday, which President Barack Obama plans…
April 9, 2014
theGRIO VIDEO - We asked the Congressional Black Caucus how to continually bring the FIRE or as we say, 'Fight…
April 9, 2014
OPINION - The question remains: Will the civil rights organizers of today respond with a sustained push for voter registration…
April 5, 2014
NBC News - The main section of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn. reopens to the public on…
April 4, 2014
MSNBC - From down on Mulberry Street, the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. looks very much the way it did…
March 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Dorothy Height, who is also known as "God-mother of civil rights", was honored on the homepage of…
March 20, 2014
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A former student says he did nothing wrong before three Pittsburgh police officers forcefully arrested him more…