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3 Year-Old Temorej Smith Kills Himself w/ Pink Gun He Thought Was A Toy

7 Year-Old Zora Ball Is Youngest Person to Create Mobile Video Game

Happy Birthday to the Legendary Bob Marley!

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Will Speak at Hadiya Pendleton’s Funeral

Rev. Jesse Jackson: COME HOME, MR. PRESIDENT

After Hadiya: A Plan for School Safety

CPS Students Organize March in Honor of Hadiya Pendelton

Today is Trayvon Martin’s 18th Birthday

David Banner Asks, How Do You Really Feel About Black People?

Chicago Police Offering $40,000 Reward for Information on Hadiya Pendleton Shooting

Rev. Jesse Jackson Urges President Obama To Address Chicago Gun Violence Crisis

BYP Blogger Jonathan Lykes Named One of The Root.com’s Young Futurists of 2013!

Today In Post-Race History: LOST ONES

Happy Birthday Langston Hughes!

Uruguay Offers Gun Owners Bikes and Computers in Exchange for Their Firearms

A Murderer’s Story

Maintaining Social Control: When Police React to Black Youth Fighting Back

On Being Black and Unwanted at Elite Universities

VIDEO: Hadiya Pendleton Appeared in Anti-Gang PSA

Shirley Chambers Buries 4th Child Dead from Gun Violence

SIGN THIS PETITION: President Obama! Make a Speech in Chicago Addressing the Crisis of Gun Violence!

Parents, Students and Activists Confront Dept. of Education Over Wave of School Closures

NYPD Handcuffs and Interrogates 7 Year-Old For HOURS Over Stolen $5

Rep. Alcee Hastings Says President Obama Disrespects Black People

Hadiya Pendleton, Teen Who Performed At Obama Inauguration, Shot and Killed on South SIde

Obama Throws Support Behind Plan to Reform “Out of Date and Badly Broken” Immigration Laws

Las Vegas Teacher Allows Students to Wear KKK Robes in Class

NYC Mayor Bloomberg Bans Food Donations to Homeless

Latino Gang Members Arrested for Hate Crime Against Black Family

REPORT: Black Women Hit HARDEST By Gender Wage Gap

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