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MLB donates $40,000 toward restoring vandalized Jackie Robinson memorial

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Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK aide, dead at 98

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Dyson vs. West: Black 'leaders' have never agreed on everything – and that's OK

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s secretary to auction off historic items

RIDGELAND, Mississippi (AP) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s personal secretary is selling a collection from the early civil rights movement, including handwritten notes by King and a page from his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, an auction house says…
/ September 18, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

SCLC leader says Creflo Dollar shouldn’t have been arrested

Samuel Mosteller, president of the SCLC’s Georgia chapter, told reporters he believes Creflo Dollar shouldn’t have been arrested last week for disciplining his daughter…
/ June 18, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Probe clears ousted SCLC members on stealing charges

ATLANTA (AP) – The allegations eventually drove off the Rev. Bernice King, who was poised to take the helm of the organization co-founded by her father…
/ November 16, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Mourners praise civil rights activist Shuttlesworth

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Rep. John Lewis called the preacher ‘one of the founding fathers of the New America,’ who put his body on the line to end segregation and racial discrimination…
/ October 24, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Remembering civil rights 'warrior' Shuttlesworth

theGRIO REPORT – Even in his later years, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, remained as active as his health would allow…
/ October 6, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Va. high court considers ex-MLK confidant's case

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – A Baptist minister, Bevel was a leader in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee…
/ September 12, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

King aides bound by history to dedicate memorial

ATLANTA (AP) – With Lewis leaning on his shovel, and Jackson and Young leaning on each other, they wept for how far they had come and for what they had lost…
/ August 24, 2011