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January 20, 2015
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks have apologized for a tweet that linked their improbable NFC championship game victory to Martin
January 19, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Demonstrators wearing Confederate uniforms poured into Baltimore streets Saturday, just two days before MLK Day. They say…
January 19, 2015
If Martin Luther King were alive today, he would be 86 years old, with a full 50 years since his
January 17, 2015
theGrio REPORT - The January 26th edition of The New Yorker imagines a world where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.…
January 17, 2015
VIDEO -Whoopi Goldberg, John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, and Oprah pay tribute to MLK in 'Because of Dr. King'...
January 17, 2015
SELMA, Alabama (AP) — Producer Oprah Winfrey and stars of the movie "Selma" will march in the famed Alabama city…
December 23, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - 'Selma' cast members discuss the importance of breaking down the myth of MLK with their new film...
December 11, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) — Director Ava Duvernay became the first black woman nominated for best director...
July 2, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law theCivil Rights Act of 1964, one…
April 25, 2014
MSNBC - Embattled Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy didn’t back down from his views on race in a CNN interview Friday…
April 17, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A group of law students, calling themselves "The Committee," at Washington & Lee University have submitted a…
April 8, 2014
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has ruled that a lawyer for the estate of Martin Luther King Jr. cannot participate…
April 5, 2014
NBC News - The main section of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn. reopens to the public on…
April 4, 2014
MSNBC - From down on Mulberry Street, the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. looks very much the way it did…
April 4, 2014
theGRIO VIDEO - The National Civil Rights Museum has completed a $27.5 million renovation and will re-open to the public…
March 21, 2014
OPINION - Improper NSA surveillance is serious problem that is much bigger than the 'first black president'...
March 20, 2014
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — In a university speech, Republican Sen. Rand Paul criticized President Barack Obama and other government leaders…
March 20, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Photos have surfaced from a deeply offensive display at a Minneapolis restaurant from this past January...
March 6, 2014
ATLANTA (AP) — The daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. is calling on her brothers to reconsider their plan to…
February 22, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Eunique Jones Gibson set on a mission to tell a story about black history in a more…