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17 Year-Old Tyrone Lawson Shot and Killed After Basketball Game at Chicago State University

High School Students Hung Black Baby Doll By Its Neck; Posted Images Online

The Radical Power of Ordinariness

On The Come Up: Urban Youth Program Will Change Ya Mind!

Who Will Cry for Black Boys in a Pseudo-Post-Racial Society? (Revisiting Antwone Fisher)

Wisconsin Parents Outraged Over ‘White Privilege’ Lesson at High School

STUDY: 64 Percent of Republicans are Birthers

Today is Muhammad Ali’s 71st Birthday!

‘Watch Out for Fake Gun Control Reform’: What Does Meaningful Reform for Our Youth Look Like?

President Obama Unveils Sweeping Gun Control Plan

Quentin Tarantino Says The War on Drugs Is Essentially Modern Day Slavery

VIDEO: NRA Calls President Obama ‘Elitist Hypocrite’ In New Ad

Dick Gregory Calls Spike Lee A Thug and a Punk For Criticizing Django Unchained

Lauryn Hill Changed A Generation

WATCH: Ten OTHER Things Martin Luther King Said

After Fierce Online Backlash, Shawty Lo’s ‘All My Babies Mommas’ Has Been CANCELED

Abducted 5 Year-Old Philadelphia Girl Found ALIVE

Black Men vs Mass Incarceration

Colin Powell: There’s A ‘Dark Vein of Intolerance’ In GOP

Will A Longer School Year Help or Hurt Our Youth?

For Your Consideration: Summer M.’s Movie Pitch

Top News Stories About Black Youth from Across the Nation: January 8 – 14

Gun Advocate Says If Blacks Had Been Armed They Never Would Have Been Slaves

President Obama Will Use Bibles Belonging to Dr. King and Abe Lincoln For Inauguration Ceremony

White House Considers Funding More Police Officers in Public Schools

Original Poetry: Why More Guns Will Result in More Black Youth Dying

Stop Bashing Black Youth in 2013

Beasts of the Southern Wild’s Quvenzhané Wallis is Youngest Ever Best Actress Nominee

Skittles and Cell Phones: An Update on Rekia Boyd’s Murder

NYPD Stop and Frisk Program in The Bronx Ruled Unconstitutional

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