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VIDEO - Oprah Winfrey is speaking out about the untimely deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, and other black…
NEW YORK (AP) — Director Ava Duvernay became the first black woman nominated for best director...
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VIDEO - The official trailer has dropped for the civil rights drama 'Selma,' starring Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo...
VIDEO - The 49th annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee, to mark the anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, was held this…
theGRIO REPORT - The controversial director has confirmed the project, which is currently untitled, and will be released by DreamWorks…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson is standing by his comments that the state's struggle with the Trayvon…
theGRIO REPORT - Florida Governor Rick Scott has called on civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson to apologize in light…
theGRIO REPORT - Ava DuVernay is stepping into the director's chair of Selma, an upcoming biopic of Martin Luther King…
theGRIO REPORT - The location is one of 13 new sites to receive federal recognition, including the home of Uncle…
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts…
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. John Lewis will once again be in the lead March 3, in the annual commemoration of…
Actor Hugh Jackman is signing on for a potentially controversial historical drama which looks at a lawyer's attempt to exonerate…
HAYNEVILLE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama man acquitted in a double murder is being charged with killing 9-year-old twins and…
Rev. Al Sharpton is leading a symbolic march from Selma to Montgomery to bring attention to controversial voting laws and…
SELMA, Alabama (AP) - Thousands of marchers marked the 46th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" voting rights confrontation in Selma...
theGRIO REPORT - Jimmie Lee Jackson was taking part in a peaceful civil rights protest in his hometown of Marion,…
VIDEO - Take a ride down Broad Street in Selma, and history will greet you nearly every block...