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Perry “Pebbles” Reid responds to portrayal in TLC biopic, threatens lawsuit

White teen who dressed as a “n***er” for Halloween to critics: ‘worry about finding your dad’

Community members hold funeral to “bury violence in Newark”

Bail hearing scheduled for Marissa Alexander

Famous but underage: Miley Cyrus drinking, Earvin Johnson III spotted in nightclub

White woman who posted racist Halloween picture fired

Man captured, held for murdering 5 people in small Texas town

Marvin Gaye’s children respond to Robin Thicke, Pharrell with lawsuit

17 years later: a black woman recalls protecting a white klansman

Are new security measures to blame for racial profiling?

NBA star Jason Collins made history, but is his career history because of it?

‘Scandal’ star Kerry Washington expecting her first child

#Stopblackgirls2013: the latest offensive hashtag demeaning black women

Chris Brown enters rehab after recent domestic dispute, faces possible prison time

Pastor tells congregation that $1.6 million home is ‘a gift from God’

Food stamps to be cut by $5 billion this week

Music teacher on leave after racist Facebook post about black students

Darrell Wallace Jr. becomes first black to win NASCAR in 50 years

Jim Wheeler says comments about reinstating slavery out of context

Jesse Jackson Jr. reports to prison early

Sybrina Fulton: ‘make Stand Your Ground clearer’

Study shows that poverty damages the brain

Penn State settles Sandusky sexual abuse case with $59.7 million payout

13-year-old boys suspended from school for playing with toy gun in front of home

Kanye addresses racial profiling at concert

FBI to investigate case of 13-year-old shot 7 times by police

Race Play: interracial couples use slavery as a means of intimacy

P. Diddy sparks racial tension with instagram photo

4th NYC shopper comes forward, accuses Macy’s & NYPD or racial profiling

Jay Z responds to protest urging him to severe ties with Barney’s

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