Civil Rights

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May 28, 2013
CLUTCH - Few are taught about Olivia Ferguson McQueen during Black History Month, but she is a Civil Rights Movement…
May 21, 2013
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) - In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on…
April 12, 2013
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The widow of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, who was killed by a white supremacist outside…
April 8, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - This past week, Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network held its 15th annual convention in New York…
April 8, 2013
OPINION - America’s civil rights history evokes a sense of pride and accomplishment, given the hard-fought battles waged in the…
April 1, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind?
March 27, 2013
VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, Harrison Ford talks about the new Jackie Robinson biopic "42," and weighs in…
March 10, 2013
OPINION - I will never forget watching President Obama unveil the statue of one of my personal heroes in Statuary…
March 3, 2013
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts…
February 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration and civil rights groups are defending a key section of the landmark voting rights…
February 24, 2013
(AP) - Not that many years ago, three portraits hung in thousands of African-American homes, a visual tribute to men…
February 4, 2013
DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) - The U.S. Postal Service has issued a special Rosa Parks stamp on what would have been…
January 28, 2013
NBC LATINO - A coalition of racial, labor, and religious groups announced today they are encouraged by the Senate bipartisan…
January 23, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - With regard to slavery, there is evidence that the Founding Fathers had that institution in mind when…
January 20, 2013
OPINION - There is still much to do, and President Obama remains uniquely positioned to help our nation achieve the…
January 18, 2013
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - One of the first black students who enrolled at the University of Alabama a half century…
January 16, 2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - While the nation struggles to agree on how to curb gun violence, followers of a man…
January 15, 2013
theGRIO's 100 - The Rev. Dr. William Barber is a modern-day civil rights leader who has led the fight for…
January 15, 2013
OPINION - If my father could see his work and his Bible still inspiring our country after all these years,…
January 10, 2013
POLITICS NATION - Ted Nugent is known for making controversial and even threatening statements, and now he’s comparing gun owners…