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LeDajrick Cox, 18, shot while celebrating high school graduation

Baltimore could be next to remove Confederate monuments

Zuckerberg tells Harvard grads to create more jobs in the age of automation

Students win offensive awards at Anthony Aguirre Junior High School

Two killed, one hospitalized after intervening in Portland anti-Muslim hate crime

Texas police chief on administrative leave after arresting Miss Black Texas USA

Police ask car accident victim to prove immigration status before helping, then detain him

Jury selected for Bill Cosby trial

Racist flyers posted in Chicago encourage Black people to deport Latinx residents

GOP House candidate body slams reporter for asking tough questions

Hickory Ridge High School student banned from own graduation over dress code violation

Baltimore police threaten internal discipline against five officers tied to Freddie Gray’s death

Black-owned construction company, WT Stevens, gets contract to replace pipes in Flint

Richard Collins III death investigated as a hate crime

Bresha Meadows takes plea deal, expected release in 2018

ISIS claims responsibility for Manchester Arena bombing

Notre Dame graduates walk out during Mike Pence commencement

When I, a Black person, was told I didn’t know enough about another culture to have opinions on slavery

Three arrested in connection to murder of 6-year-old Kingston Frazier

Body cameras may become a requirement in Nevada

Biggie Smalls mural to remain in Brooklyn

Dallas school police use taser and handcuffs to restrain 7-year-old student with special needs

Chicago man charged after punching Black woman security guard, Zoa Stigler, on camera

Betty Shelby Found Not Guilty For Fatal Shooting of Terence Crutcher

Roger Ailes, FOX News Co-Founder, Dies at 77

Kids in Flint will get aid to prevent lead poisoning, but only if they didn’t move away

Black students given detention for wearing box braids

18yo graduates from Howard, heads to UC-Davis for Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering

Adam Jones donates $20,000 to Negro League Baseball Museum after being targeted with racist heckling

Sandra Bland’s family critical of Texas act named in her honor

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