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May 30, 2021

After trying to remove a confederate statue in Alabama, this activist received death threats

Camille Bennett, an Alabama activist, has experienced death threats for her campaign calling for the removal of a Confederate statue.
June 4, 2016

Untouchable: Why no athlete will ever match Ali’s staggering legacy of activism

Muhammad Ali is no longer with us physically, but his spirit will always live on...
August 25, 2013

Young black men energized by 50th anniversary march

theGRIO VIDEO - TheGrio.com asked several young African-American men to reflect on the day's events and share how the anniversary…
January 15, 2013

theGrio’s 100: Dorian Warren, Columbia University scholar-activist

theGRIO's 100 - Dorian Warren is an activist, scholar of labor politics and professor at Columbia University...
February 1, 2011

TheGrio’s 100: Shaun King, leveraging social media for greater good

TheGrio's 100 - With TwitChange.com, Shaun King leveraged Twitter to address the Haitian earthquake's aftermath...
November 24, 2010

Cosby takes message about education to the streets

VIDEO - On Tuesday, Cosby went door to door with the superintendent of New Haven, CT to encourage children to…
July 15, 2010

John Legend teams with the Roots to release activist cover album

It's a cover album of soulful political, social and war-protest songs from the 1960s and '70s, attempting to summon the…