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Helen Bailey, civil rights activist, may be foreclosed by JP Morgan

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4:49 PM on 02/08/2012

In the middle of their Black History Month advertising campaign, JP Morgan Chase may be responsible for removing an elderly civil rights activist from her home...
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Photo of Coretta Scott King, Michelle Obama goes viral: 'One black man died for another black man to win'

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12:10 PM on 02/08/2012

theGRIO REPORT - The caption below it reads: 'One Black Man Died For Another Black Man To Win.' What do you think of this picture? Do you think it's inspiring or in poor taste?
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Nichelle Nichols on TV's first interracial kiss on 'Star Trek'

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11:30 AM on 02/07/2012

Nichelle Nichols who portrayed Lt. Nyota Uhura on the original Star Trek opens up about being on tv during a revolutionary period for African Americans. The...
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New MLK assassination footage revealed in Smithsonian Channel doc

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7:15 PM on 02/03/2012

theGRIO VIDEO - Smithsonian Channel has released footage from their upcoming MLK assassination doc to theGrio.com...
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Rev. Jesse Jackson: Why we should Occupy in memory of MLK

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2:50 PM on 01/25/2012

The Reverend Jesse Jackson is calling on progressive activists to use Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as inspiration when protesting for the rights of the '99 percent'...
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New rare photos of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at home

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2:58 PM on 01/23/2012

Time magazine online is featuring rare photos of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at home...
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Martin Luther King Jr streets on economic outskirts

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9:29 AM on 01/19/2012

Even as the memory of King remains at the heart of American discourse, many of his namesake streets are drifting further to the social and economic periphery...
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Mitt Romney's Martin Luther King problem: Will the candidate's MLK tall tales come back to haunt him?

By Donovan X. Ramsey

9:17 AM on 01/18/2012

theGRIO REPORT - Romney said in a 1978 interview with the Boston Herald, 'My father and I marched with Martin Luther King Jr. through the streets of Detroit.'...
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Martin Luther King III steps down as King Center CEO

By Donovan X. Ramsey

3:25 PM on 01/17/2012

theGRIO REPORT - The day after the holiday in recognition of his father, Martin Luther King III announced that he will be stepping down as CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. He held the position since 2011...
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Fox News portrays MLK as 'conservative' abortion opponent

By theGrio

2:27 PM on 01/17/2012

Alveda King's characterization of her late uncle's activism is not new, nor is it correct...
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The anti-MLK letters revealed in 200,000 unseen documents

By theGrio

12:01 PM on 01/17/2012

From the Daily Mail-- One letter suggests that he gives back the Nobel Peace Prize because of the civil unrest he has caused...
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Text of Stevie Wonder's speech advocating a national Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, January 15, 1981

By theGrio

9:42 AM on 01/17/2012

BUILDING THE DREAM - Text of the speech delivered on Jan 15, 1981 at a rally/march in Washington, DC where Stevie Wonder officially launched the campaign to make Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday a national holiday...
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MLK strip club flyer: Graphic designer under fire for 'I Have a Dream Bash'

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9:34 AM on 01/17/2012

MIAMI - A flyer promoting a Miami strip club's 'I Have a Dream Bash' featuring MLK holding wads of cash next to scantily-clad women has its creator taking plenty of flack...
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Dr. King's 'Dream' and the 'promissory note' to black Americans

By Alvin Tillery

5:48 PM on 01/16/2012

OPINION - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech is one of the most important pieces of oratory in American history. Every year, countless thousands of school children commit the speech to memory...
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Martin Luther King Jr., the labor movement and the American dream

By Lee A. Saunders

12:30 PM on 01/16/2012

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...
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Stevie Wonder, black radio, and the fight for a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday

By Don Mizell

8:00 AM on 01/16/2012

OPINION - Stevie Wonder is without question the single most important figure in the realization of an MLK National Holiday, because his inner vision, passion and perseverance...
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Martin Luther King Jr. archives: Reagan makes Martin Luther King Day official

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7:55 AM on 01/16/2012

VIDEO - In this archival footage President Ronald Reagan officially makes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's birthday a national holiday...
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Martin Luther King Day: 25 people who paved the way for MLK

By Ronda Racha Penrice

6:00 AM on 01/16/2012

SLIDESHOW - In this list of 25 people who paved the way for MLK there are familiar and unfamiliar names but all contributed in great and small ways to the creation of a better nation and world...
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Martin Luther King Jr. archives: The last days of Dr. King

By Oelania Pena

6:00 AM on 01/16/2012

VIDEO - In his last days, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. feared that his dream had become a nightmare...
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Black lieutenant governor: Florida Gov. Rick Scott 'epitomizes MLK'

By Joy-Ann Reid

5:30 PM on 01/15/2012

OPINION - When Florida Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll gives a compliment, expect the unexpected. In this case, the black second in command of the sunshine state says Gov. Rick Scott 'epitomizes Martin Luther King Jr.' Seriously...
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