Selma

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Patrick Riley
May 24, 2018
An exclusive interview with Patrick Riley, a veteran entertainment journalist who authored the upcoming book 'That's What Friends Are For:…
October 16, 2015
Earlier this week, director Quentin Tarantino got in trouble with Ava Duvernay fans after he seemed to throw some shade…
October 14, 2015
Quentin Tarantino seemed to diss Ava DuVernay and her acclaimed film 'Selma' during a recent interview..
September 21, 2015
EAST SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The pastor and members of the congregation that wrestled a gun away from a man…
August 6, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says all Americans owe a debt to the sharecroppers and maids and ordinary Americans…
August 3, 2015
SELMA, Alabama (AP) — An 860-mile protest march to Washington has begun in Selma, 50 years after the city's historic…
July 20, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Ava DuVernay delivered they keynote address at this year's BlogHer Conference in New York City. Following her…
June 4, 2015
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama senators took a step toward renaming Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge, a historic site in the…
June 3, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Although 'Selma' actor David Oyelowo wants to play all kinds of character, he says he won't play…
April 24, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Barbie has announced a new campaign that seeks to honor today's influential women. Mattel, the company which…
March 9, 2015
theGrio REPORT - To highlight the President’s event in Selma on Saturday, the First Lady shared an email on the…
March 7, 2015
theGrio REPORT - SELMA, Ala. (AP) — America's racial history "still casts its long shadow upon us," the nation's first…
March 7, 2015
theGrio REPORT - This weekend, the president himself will be in Selma, Alabama, to commemorate 50 years since the historic…
March 6, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Not a single member of House GOP leadership will be present at this weekend's Selma anniversary event.…
March 5, 2015
(AP) - They only lasted minutes, but the images of the beatings of civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, on…
March 5, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Over the weekend, Selma, Alabama, will see over 40 events all planned to commemorate the 50th anniversary…
March 1, 2015
For President Barack Obama, it's a week to invoke America's civil rights struggles from past to present.
February 23, 2015
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Edmund Pettus Bridge stood center stage in both the performance and acceptance speeches by John
February 19, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - A female Academy member gave an anonymous interview explaining her votes for the Oscar nominees as well…
February 9, 2015
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyonce gave a resplendent rendition of "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" at the Grammys but it…