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August 27, 2012

Togo women push sex strike to unseat president

LOME, Togo (AP) - The female wing of a civil rights group is urging women in Togo to stage a…
August 21, 2012

New Martin Luther King Jr audio found

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - A U.S. man says he has discovered the audio tape of a forgotten interview with civil…
August 21, 2012

Justice Dept. opens civil rights unit in Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The Justice Department is establishing a civil rights unit in Alabama after the state's crackdown on…
August 16, 2012

Southern Poverty Law Center blamed for Family Research Council shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) - Though the shooting was swiftly condemned by groups across the ideological spectrum, it tapped into deep divisions…
July 26, 2012

Revamp of New Orleans PD comprehensive, expensive

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -— A court-backed plan to excise corruption, discrimination and a frequent use of deadly force from the…
July 26, 2012

Thelma McWilliams Glass, Alabama bus boycott organizer, professor dies at 96

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Thelma McWilliams Glass, a longtime professor and civil rights pioneer who helped organize the Montgomery bus…
July 16, 2012

40 years later, Mississippi waiter's 'magical moment' renews race relations

VIDEO - Watch the original 1966 NBC News documentary, 'Mississippi: A Self-Portrait' in its entirety...
July 13, 2012

Black clergy group protests NAACP support of gay marriage

The Coalition of African-American Pastors is protesting at the NAACP’s national convention in reaction the African-American civil rights organization’s support…
June 21, 2012

Southern Baptists: Gay rights not civil rights

TRAVIS LOLLER NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Southern Baptists passed a resolution opposing the idea that same-sex marriage is a civil…
June 20, 2012

Has Jesse Jackson become irrelevant?

OPINION - Is Jesse Jackson still relevant? And can he remain relevant in the age of Obama?...
June 17, 2012

Sharpton on Rodney King: ‘He was a symbol of civil rights’

NEW YORK - On the day he planned to lead a march against a controversial police practice in New York,…
June 11, 2012

Mary J. Blige to play Betty Shabazz in 'Parallel Lives'

Singer turned actress Mary J. Blige will play civil rights leader Malcolm X's wife in a new TV drama...
June 11, 2012

Atlanta's historic Auburn Ave. again at crossroads

ATLANTA (AP) - The ghosts of Auburn Avenue still haunt the storied Atlanta street where the Rev. Martin Luther King…
June 8, 2012

Gays unite with blacks to fight 'stop-and-frisk'

OPINION - This week in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City, gay rights groups protested the NYPD’s 'stop-and-frisk' policy,…
June 7, 2012

Memorial service for 1st black Naval Academy grad

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (AP) - About 200 people honored the first black graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at a memorial…
June 6, 2012

Outcry over Romney's Mass. affirmative action move

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitt Romney scuttled the Massachusetts government's long-standing affirmative action policies with a few strokes of his pen…
May 30, 2012

Nelson Mandela celebrates 100th anniversary of African National Congress

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela's African National Congress has brought its centenary celebrations to his home village in eastern South…
May 28, 2012

Harry Truman and the desegregation of the military: A timeline

theGRIO REPORT - When President Harry Truman signed an executive order on July 26, 1948, calling for the desegregation of…
May 21, 2012

Ben Jealous hopes NAACP gay marriage endorsement will be a 'game changer'

BALTIMORE (AP) - NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Monday he hopes the group's resolution supporting same-sex marriage will encourage blacks…
May 21, 2012

NAACP backs same-sex marriage as civil right

MIAMI (AP) - The NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts…