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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…
February 20, 2014
ATLANTA (AP) — Martin Luther King Jr.'s Bible and Nobel Peace Prize should be placed in a safe deposit box…
February 6, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Flanked by family and supporters, the Rev. Bernice King, the youngest daughter of civil rights icon Dr.…
February 4, 2014
theGRIO 100 - This past year alone, Belafonte was at the forefront of a number of hot-button issues but the…