The 1960s

Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

New Brooklyn museum exhibit highlights political art from civil rights period

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Late Sen. Robert Byrd sought FBI files of civil rights leaders

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Octavia Spencer wins Screen Actor's Guild supporting actress award

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Mumia Abu-Jamal moved into general prison population

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has been moved into the general prison population for the first time since his arrest in a Philadelphia police officer’s murder three decades ago…
/ January 29, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Herman Cain endorses Newt Gingrich for president

TheGrio REPORT — He may be dropping in the polls in Florida and lacking in establishment GOP support, but Newt Gingrich has one thing he can brag about going into Tuesday’s primary: the support of The Hermanator…
/ January 28, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Martin Luther King Jr., the labor movement and the American dream

OPINION – Dr. King was a longtime champion of the labor movement, and he died in 1968 while marching with sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn., all members of AFSCME Local 1733…
/ January 16, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Death of Florida A&M drum major ruled a homicide

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The state medical examiner’s office has ruled that the death of a Florida A&M University drum major last month was a homicide after concluding that the student was severely beaten in a hazing incident and died within an hour…
/ December 19, 2011