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After 17 years in prison, innocent man finally freed

Hundreds of students march in Chicago for peace

Video: Morgan Freeman: ‘race doesn’t play a role in wealth distribution’

Michelle Obama, Oprah slated to speak at Maya Angelou’s memorial

Don Lemon takes opportunity to blame blacks for Justin Beiber’s racist video

Court accidentally sets man free, sentences him to 90 years after he turns life around

Texas basketball players killed in car accident

Broadway musical featuring songs from Tupac set for June 19

Video: homeless man blessed with home helps others get on their feet

Breaking: Donald Sterling ends fight with NBA, agrees to sell Clippers

Man arrested in elevator stabbing of Brooklyn children

NYC police raid housing project, arrest more than 100 people

LaVar Burton responds to ‘Reading Rainbow’ criticism, says it’s ‘bulls***’

Pharrell upsets once again with latest cover

Study: college degrees do very little for racial employment gap

Caught on tape: supervisor threatens to hang blacks who drink from fountain

Deadly disease no match for terminally ill teen’s ambition

Update: Nigerian officials ban #bringbackourgirls protests

Poll: attitudes towards slavery reparations split among Americans

In lawsuit, Donald Sterling accused of racism by second ex-lover

Report: Violence against Gender non-conforming people

Anthony McGill becomes New York Philharmonic’s 1st black section leader

Justin Beiber apologizes for n-word joke

Lupita Nyong’o lands role in new ‘Star Wars’ flick

My Brother’s Keeper: Obama lays out ways to support men and boys of color

Diverse directors program launched by Sony Pictures

Police indicted in shooting death of 2 unarmed suspects, 137 bullets fired

Teacher suspended over blackface lesson, later reinstated

Kendrick Lamar breaks stereotype by purchasing modest home

BYP 100 webinar: Ending the Criminalization of Black Youth

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