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January 16, 2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - While the nation struggles to agree on how to curb gun violence, followers of a man…
January 15, 2013
OPINION - If my father could see his work and his Bible still inspiring our country after all these years,…
January 11, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Ward and his supporters are planning to turn out on January 19th at gun stores, shows, ranges…
January 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) has announced the Bibles that will be used by President Obama and…
December 21, 2012
theGRIO VIDEO - During an interview with theGrio, Samuel L. Jackson weighed in on what he thinks Martin Luther King…
December 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed a plan Tuesday to remove a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther…
November 18, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A long in-development Martin Luther King Jr biopic, which was presumed shelved, is now reportedly back on…
November 15, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Long before the recent FBI probe of Gen. David Petraeus, leading to his resignation as CIA director,…
November 2, 2012
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis plans to open the balcony where Martin Luther King…
October 29, 2012
theGRIO REPORT -'Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican. VOTE REPUBLICAN!' the controversial billboard reads from above Martin Luther King…
August 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - A year after the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial opened to visitors in Washington, the group behind…
August 21, 2012
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) - A U.S. man says he has discovered the audio tape of a forgotten interview with civil…
August 1, 2012
Actor Hugh Jackman is signing on for a potentially controversial historical drama which looks at a lawyer's attempt to exonerate…
July 25, 2012
Can you picture R&B star Ne-Yo playing Martin Luther King, Jr.? Apparently the singer was being seriously considered for a…
June 11, 2012
Jeffrey Warren, 17, senior at Martin Luther King Jr Highschool applied for as many scholarships as he was applicable...
April 4, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children on Wednesday marked the 44th anniversary of his death by…
March 15, 2012
Forty-four years after Martin Luther King Jr's death there will finally be a MLK street in Memphis, Tennessee -- ironically…
February 3, 2012
theGRIO VIDEO - Smithsonian Channel has released footage from their upcoming MLK assassination doc to theGrio.com...
January 19, 2012
Even as the memory of King remains at the heart of American discourse, many of his namesake streets are drifting…
January 17, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The day after the holiday in recognition of his father, Martin Luther King III announced that he…