Martin Luther King Jr

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December 10, 2010
SLIDESHOW - Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize, The Jacksons played their last gig and Otis Redding was tragically…
December 2, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - A short distance from where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, a…
November 4, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - The parishioners come to take part in a culture that not only accepts their homosexuality, but celebrates…
October 15, 2010
ATLANTA (AP) - Recy Taylor survived only to watch two all-white, all-male grand juries decline to indict the six white…
September 15, 2010
VIDEO - Ernest Withers, one of the most recognized photographers from the civil rights movement, was doing double duty as…
September 14, 2010
While Mr. Withers was growing close to top civil rights leaders,he was also meeting regularly with the F.B.I. agents, disclosing…
September 10, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - The Fox Theatre denies that accusation and says instead that there was a scheduling conflict...
September 7, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Describing the rug, a White House statement credited King for these words: "The arc of the moral…
August 30, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - They said they're often asked about that day in 1963, what it was like, how they felt…
August 29, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - For many attendees, the trip to Washington D.C. began overnight Saturday. Thousands boarded buses...
August 28, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rev. Al Sharpton told his rally it's important to keep King's dream alive, and that despite progress…
August 28, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Conservative commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed Saturday to a vast, predominantly white…
August 28, 2010
SLIDESHOW - As monumental as the 1963 March on Washington was, it does not stand alone...
August 27, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally will be held at the Lincoln Memorial, where King delivered his speech exactly…
August 27, 2010
OPINION - King has been on the campaign circuit for more than a decade pushing a discriminatory, anti-gay marriage, anti-abortion,…
August 27, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Some black ministers accused Alveda King, who campaigns against abortion in the black community, of "hijacking the…
August 26, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "Dr. King never had to ask anyone to leave their signs and guns at home," said Benjamin…
August 26, 2010
He hoped that even in the direst circumstances, we could overcome our differences and replace bitter conflicts...
August 26, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Beck's rally on the anniversary and at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have…
August 24, 2010
VIDEO - Rev. Jackson's objectives are to have Congress end the wars in the Middle East and redirect funds toward…