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July 7, 2012
HOUSTON (AP) - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says its newest battle is really an old…
June 29, 2012
The Prince George County's chapter of the NAACP is aiming to stop County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) from…
June 20, 2012
ANALYSIS - In preparing and delivering the speech, the Republican candidate will have to delve more deeply into issues that…
June 19, 2012
The Hill is reporting that Mitt Romey's campaign has announced that the presidential hopeful will address the crowd at the…
June 18, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - A silent march by thousands of people in New York City protesting police 'stop-and-frisk' tactics on…
June 14, 2012
The NAACP is looking deeper into the arrest of Atlanta pastor and televangelist Rev. Creflo Dollar...
June 8, 2012
OPINION - This week in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City, gay rights groups protested the NYPD’s 'stop-and-frisk' policy,…
May 28, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Black veterans, especially those who fought in World War II, served critical roles in raising national and…
May 21, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The NAACP's own resolution on the matter gave a respectful nod to the black church, stating 'we…
May 21, 2012
BALTIMORE (AP) - NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Monday he hopes the group's resolution supporting same-sex marriage will encourage blacks…
May 21, 2012
MIAMI (AP) - The NAACP passed a resolution Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts…
May 10, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - It is a question that many are contemplating as North Carolinians digest a new reality where same-sex…
May 8, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - An expansive constitutional amendment that could bar not only gay marriage but any kind of domestic partnership…
May 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Veteran NAACP leader and former professor of civil rights Julian Bond hopes that renewed interest in activism…
May 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Key African-American leaders are aggressively mobilizing in North Carolina to persuade the state's black voters to oppose…
May 4, 2012
VIDEO - Viviette Applewhite, a 93-year-old African-American women from Philadelphia, will be the lead plaintiff in the NAACP and ACLU's…
April 30, 2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Civil rights leaders and relatives of Trayvon Martin and a slain California teenager joined together at…
April 23, 2012
On Saturday, Allen West was set to be the keynote speaker at a fundraiser for his own district chapter of…
April 11, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Ben Jealous, said…
April 11, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg is launching a campaign to overturn 'Stand Your Ground' laws around the nation...