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Netflix developing Bayard Rustin biopic with director George C. Wolfe

George C. Wolfe, director of the critically acclaimed Netflix film, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” is set to helm “Rustin,” Netflix’s

Chinekwu Osakwe / February 12, 2021

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MLK III leads new March on Washington, urges ‘economic divestment’ from white businesses

The significance of August 28 to Black America is severe and multi-dimensional. On that night in 1955, a group of

Matthew Allen / August 27, 2020

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How Mississippi and Emmett Till shaped the March on Washington

theGRIO REPORT - The murder of Emmett Till is just as relevant today as it was in 1955 when his

Monica Land / August 24, 2018

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Civil rights leader, former DC delegate Walter Fauntroy arrested at airport

CHANTILLY, Va. (AP) — Civil rights leader and former congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy has been arrested at Dulles International Airport

TheGrio Staff / June 28, 2016

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Rep. John Lewis comes for Bernie's civil rights activism in 1960s: 'I never saw him'

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Civil rights leader John Lewis on Thursday dismissed Sanders' claims of his 1960s work on

TheGrio Staff / February 12, 2016

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theGrio’s 100: Harry Belafonte, national treasure remains active in his 80s

theGRIO 100 - This past year alone, Belafonte was at the forefront of a number of hot-button issues but the

TheGrio Staff / February 4, 2014

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Andrew Young at odds with MLK's children

NEW YORK (AP) - . The points of legal contention are who has the rights to King's words and image,

Adam Howard / November 27, 2013