
News Black History Month
NEW YORK (AP) – The papers were being sold by Maude Ballou, 88, who worked as King’s secretary from 1955 to 1960, through the New York office of Texas-based Heritage Auctions…

News Black History Month
RIDGELAND, Mississippi (AP) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s personal secretary is selling a collection from the early civil rights movement, including handwritten notes by King and a page from his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, an auction house says…

Music Entertainment
theGRIO REPORT – Grammy Award winning singers Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder penned letters to a New Jersey judge on behalf of fellow Grammy winner Lauryn Hill, who plead guilty to tax evasion…

Politics
TUPELO, Mississippi (AP) – Ricin has been found in a business once used by the man charged in the case of letters laced with the deadly poison that were sent to President Barack Obama…

Entertainment
theGRIO REPORT – Talk show host Wendy Williams has many fans but actress Janet Hubert is not one of them.

Politics
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) – A U.S. inmate is facing federal charges, accused of writing letters threatening the life of President Barack Obama, the first lady and their two daughters…

Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) – Obama has spoken in favor of banning assault-style weapons, limiting high-capacity ammunition magazines and requiring background checks for every gun buyer…