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New York Times prints Northup correction 161 years later

Ray Jasper will die in two weeks, here’s his letter

Former Rep. Mel Reynolds fears for his life, hiding in South Africa

BYP 100, Project Nia ban together to create youth jobs bill focused on training, work for young people

Ben Jealous has a new role

Racist or not racist: Airport employee sends email about black co-worker that includes monkey from cartoon

Guest Post: Why Mandatory Minimums Destroy Lives And What’s Being Done About It

Oscar-nominated actor Barkhad Abdi only made $65,000 for role

Newspaper under fire for offensive ’12 Years a Slave’ headlines

Chris Brown diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, PTSD

Loyola University updates policy so gays cannot marry on campus

Photo series sheds light on what’s it’s like to be black at Harvard

Richard Sherman on n-word NFL ban: ‘It’s an atrocious idea’

Chelsea Handler catches criticism for offensive tweets about Lupita Nyong’o during Oscars

22-year-old KFC worker is the face of national wage fight

Kim Kardashian target of racist blackface incident

Black student arrested for filming officers in Texas, dragged by hair

In retrial, Marissa Alexander could face 60 year sentence

Petition: ‘Dear record labels, stop degrading blacks’

Lupita Nyong’o, ’12 Years a Slave’ take home Oscars

UCLA student receives note telling her to ‘stop being a sensitive n***er’

Man comes back from the dead in funeral home

Man hires KKK to kill black neighbors, begs judge for leniency in sentence

Interracial couple’s home spray-painted with racist death threats

Da Brat to pay $6.4 million to victim in bottle attack

Police officer indicted for false drug arrests

Man moves into lawyer’s home after being scammed

Lupita Nyong’o says dark complexion was an ‘obstacle’ during her youth

Pharrell responds to criticism of lack of black women on album cover

Blues band claims show was cut short due to ‘too many black’ people in audience

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