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theGRIO SURVEY - Now 50 years later, theGrio wants to know your impressions of this legacy and in your mind,…
theGRIO REPORT - In an effort to be on the right side of history, the naysayers and obstacles are often…
OPINION - With the imprisonment of former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Martin…
theGRIO REPORT - Bayard Rustin was a key figure during 1960s -- he was a man who fought in social…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Julius Chambers, a Charlotte attorney whose practice was in the forefront of the civil rights movement…
theGRIO REPORT - As Kentucky Senator Rand Paul weighs the possibility of a 2016 presidential run, his past—and present—record on…
OPINION - On this Independence Day, everyone is dependent on the government, but African Americans are even more dependent, for…
CHICAGO (AP) — Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson says he's agreed to help celebrity chef Paula Deen try to…
COLUMBIANA, Ala. (AP) - Much has changed in Shelby County since Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act to protect…
theGRIO REPORT - In striking down one of the central planks of the Voting Rights Act, the conservatives on the…
DETROIT (AP) — Thousands participated in a Detroit march commemorating the 50th anniversary of one that Martin Luther King Jr.…
OPINION - Are U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia parting political ways?...
theGRIO REPORT - It's been 50 years since Medgar Evers was murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi,…
theGRIO VIDEO - Myrlie Evers-Williams remembers that night her husband Medgar was shot on the couple's driveway like it just…
VIDEO - Fifty years ago, on June 11, 1963, Gov. George Wallace stood in the doorway of the Foster Auditorium,…
theGRIO REPORT - This legislative action may pave the way for the number of executions to increase in the state,…
OPINION - So much wasted in time and resources, so little achieved, and so many people of color victimized over…