By Gregory Simpkins Much has been written and said in the wake of the recent passing of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. He was an important figure...
By Gregory Simpkins On his way out of the White House, President Joe Biden pardoned, among others, the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey who had been convicted...
AP | US President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted...
The Estate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has announced a new collaboration with P3 Media aimed at enhancing and amplifying the civil rights leader’s legacy...
AP | The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he...
AP | Brandon Johnson, a union organizer, and former teacher was elected as Chicago’s next mayor Tuesday in a major victory for the Democratic Party’s progressive...
Excitement and anticipation loom large regarding President Biden’s choice. Who will it be?
By Charlene Crowell On Monday, January 17, the United States will pause to honor the life of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The...
These investments will get us to a certain size and a certain increased level of profitability, but if you want to take an institution to the...
"His quiet confidence helped shape the civil rights movement, and he inspired generations of young people looking to make a difference,” - former US President Barack...
Carl E. Heastie was earlier this week elected speaker of the New York Assembly. Heastie, 47, made history by becoming the state’s first African American speaker....
Maya Angelou Maya Angelou, the award-winning writer, poet, actress and civil rights activist, was found dead Wednesday morning inside her Winston-Salem, N.C., home. The 86-year-old icon,...
Image merge of U.S. President Barack Obama and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr./Courtesy of BET U.S. President Barack Obama will lead his nation in...
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering his iconic “I have a dream speech” August 28, 1963. PHOTO/File (Reuters) – Marches, speeches and global bell-ringing are set...
Rosa Parks is famous for her 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a city bus in Alabama to a white man, but there’s plenty...
U.S. President Obama with first lady Michelle Obama, during the inauguration ceremony held on January 20, 2009. PHOTO/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Barack Obama is putting a...
Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr. speaks at Fayetteville State University’s convocation. PHOTO/File (PRNewswire) – The Morehouse College Board of Trustees has announced that Dr. John Silvanus...
President Barack Obama. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak President Barack Obama evoked Martin Luther King, Jr.’s own words about public service Monday as Obama and his family celebrated...
Martin Luther Jr. PHOTO/File By: Donna Brazile Every third Monday in January we gather as Americans to commemorate the values and beliefs — as well as...
Herman Cain. PHOTO/Isaac Brekken/AP When Herman Cain entered Atlanta’s Morehouse College in the fall of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. had just delivered his “I Have...
President Obama urged the nation Sunday to celebrate the dedication of the memorial to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. by continuing to press...
Barack Obama once contemplated what it would be like to take his two daughters to the National Mall to see a monument to Martin Luther King...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Executive Architect Ed Jackson Jr. told The Associated Press on Sunday that the memorial will now be dedicated Oct. 16. A formal announcement...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The site was set to open without fanfare around 11 a.m. to kick off a week of celebrations ahead of Sunday's official dedication...
In the late 1960s, schizophrenia became a Black man’s disease. In late 1963, Malcolm X was asked to comment on the assassination of President John Kennedy....
ATLANTA (AP) - Hundreds turned out Saturday for the Atlanta funeral of the Rev. Creecy, a third-generation Baptist preacher...
theGRIO REPORT - However, many civil rights advocates still want the Justice Department to proceed, citing the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007...
