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February 1, 2011

Small-town paper links ex-Klansman to ’64 killing

FERRIDAY, La. (AP) - Arthur Leonard Spencer says sure, he made some mistakes back when he was a "snot-nose kid,"…
February 1, 2011

SCLC picks new leader after rebuff by Bernice King

ATLANTA (AP) - The SCLC was co-founded in 1957 by King. Over the weekend, King's nephew, Isaac Ferris Jr., was…
February 1, 2011

Revisionism reminds us why we need Black History Month

OPINION - Considering the constant stream of half-truths and whole lies it must combat, Black History Month definitely has not…
February 1, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Bernal Smith, redefining future for newspaper that made civil rights history

TheGrio's 100 - Bernal Smith is bringing the Tri-State Defender, a Memphis newspaper that played an important role in the…
January 29, 2011

Barbour juggles White House hopes, state’s past

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Now if the 63-year-old could just shake his penchant for airbrushing his state's segregationist past, a…
January 25, 2011

Civil rights activist Benjamin Hooks’ FBI file details racist threats against him

The Federal Bureau of Investigation had two major roles in the life of the late Benjamin Hooks, the lifelong civil…
January 25, 2011

Will the SCLC survive without a King?

OPINION - The SCLC, which embodied the civil rights movement, was the first and logical casualty of the public's stamping…
January 24, 2011

MLK daughter’s exit leaves SCLC’s future in doubt

ATLANTA (AP) - King told The Associated Press that in the end, she and the group's leaders didn't agree on…
January 21, 2011

MLK’s daughter turns down leadership of SCLC

ATLANTA (AP) - King said in a statement issued Friday that she is shifting her attention to furthering the legacy…
January 20, 2011

Haley Barbour: ‘Not much’ memory of civil rights era

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Barbour says he has little personal recollection of Freedom Summer activities in his state in 1964,…
January 17, 2011

From MLK to Obama: How we define black leadership

OPINION - Leaders do not always win, but leaders always call us to believe that we are capable of making…
January 17, 2011

Is Sharpton the closest thing we have to a King?

OPINION - Sharpton has proven that black leadership is useful and even necessary on the outside, even when the most…
January 15, 2011

What does freedom mean in the post-MLK era?

OPINION - Let's remember our greatness, let's remember to be free and not slaves to every trend that comes along.…
January 14, 2011

Jackson: Don’t use MLK Day to make up snow days

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - "For that day, so many have died. For that day, so many have marched. So many…
January 14, 2011

Poll: Americans say they will honor Dr. King holiday

ATLANTA (AP) - Seventy-seven percent of people interviewed in an AP-GfK poll say there has been significant progress toward King's…
January 13, 2011

Ex-chair of civil rights group indicted for theft, forgery

CINCINNATI (AP) - The alleged crimes occurred from 2005 to 2010 and involve the local chapter's meal delivery program...
January 11, 2011

Tucson tragedy is an old lesson for new generation

OPINION - The act of alleged Tucson shooter shouldn't and won't snuff out the idealism and passion for peaceful change…
January 2, 2011

Jailed Miss. sisters freed but must trade kidney

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The unusual agreement has alarmed some experts, who have raised legal and ethical questions...
December 28, 2010

Slideshow: The top 10 civil rights conflicts of 2010

SLIDESHOW - The work of civil rights lawyers and advocates has not slowed in the wake of the 2008 presidential…
December 26, 2010

Slideshow: What has Obama done for black America in 2010?

SLIDESHOW - In light of the bad economy and attacks on Obama from all directions, the public has lost sight…