Civil Rights

theGrio featured stories

Myrlie Evers-Williams: NAACP apologized for denying security detail for Medgar

By 

theGrio featured stories

Myrlie Evers-Williams on 'super human strength' of Medgar 50 years after murder

By 

theGrio featured stories

George Wallace's 'stand in the schoolhouse door,' 50 years later

By 

theGrio featured stories

Racial Justice Act for bias claims in death penalty charges repealed in NC

By 

theGrio featured stories

Report: TSA screening is a magnet for racial profiling

By 

theGrio featured stories

Civil rights pioneer Olivia Ferguson McQueen awarded high school diploma 54 years late

By 

theGrio featured stories

Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation ‘eat-in’

By 

theGrio featured stories

Medgar Evers to be remembered 50 years after death

By 

theGrio featured stories

Sharpton-led convention features Holder address, talks on future of black America

By 

theGrio featured stories

Scottsboro Boys pardoned: What other infamous civil rights cases are in need of closure?

By 

theGrio featured stories

A post-racial US? Court poised to change race laws

By 

theGrio featured stories

Harrison Ford defends use of n-word in Jackie Robinson biopic ’42’: ‘It’s historically accurate’

By 

theGrio featured stories

From Rosa Parks to the Voting Rights Act: making equal rights a reality for all

By 

theGrio featured stories

Biden leads re-enactment of voting rights march

By 

theGrio featured stories

Can escape clause save voting rights provision?

By 

theGrio featured stories

John F. Kennedy holds complex place in black history

By 

theGrio featured stories

US Postal Service issues special Rosa Parks stamp

By 

theGrio featured stories

Civil, racial and labor groups: 'Let’s organize for immigration reform'

By 

theGrio featured stories

Does slavery have any place in the gun control debate?

By 

theGrio featured stories

Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy: A road map for President Obama's new term

By