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Members of the Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project convened at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel Wednesday to discuss a report they recently published, documenting struggles…

VIA: TheGrio.com TheGrio.com, a division of NBC News, today announced the results of “TheGrio’s 2011 African-American Leadership Survey” in commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The web-enabled poll, designed by Princeton University professor Melissa Harris-Perry, was completed by a group of contemporary academics, artists and activists. As part of the survey, the assembled jury […]

<strong>MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer</strong> has apologized for mixing up civil rights activists <strong>Jesse Jackson</strong> and <strong>Al Sharpton</strong>. Read the full story. <!--more-->