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NYC teacher files suit for being fired for teaching about the Central Park Five

Rapper detained by Atlanta police for $200,000 withdrawal

Is RZA the new face of the #NewBlackMovement?

Baltimore officer ordered to testify against officer charged with murder of Freddie Gray

ICYMI: Charles Blow Shuts It Down for Tamir Rice at CNN

#SayHerName: The unique risks black women face at the hands of police perjury

Mayor de Blasio announcement is NYC victory in ‘Fight for $15’

Flint, Michigan Declared A State of Emergency Over Water-Lead Concerns

Wheaton College Plans to Terminate Black Woman Professor Who Wore Hijab

Black lesbian activist declines UK honor in protest of colonial legacy

The first black-woman owned comic book store is opening in Philly

A tearful President Obama puts the right to life over the right to bear arms

Philadelphia mayor signs executive order to protect the city’s immigrant communities

Beyoncé Will Not Star in Biopic About Saartjie Baartman, the “Hottentot Venus”

Officer Who Killed Walter Scott Has Been Released from Jail on Bond

Chance the Rapper fundraising for coats for Chicago’s homeless

World Health Organization: “Guinea Ebola Outbreak Over”

California bill banning grand juries for officer-involved shootings officially in effect

Bundy Family Protests For Release of Arson Prisoners

‘Creed’ director Ryan Coogler set to take on Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ Film

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel calls for tasers, people call for his resignation

Bill Cosby formally charged in 2004 sexual assault case

Officer charged for murder of Laquan McDonald pleads not guilty

‘Affluenza’ teen arrested after international manhunt

Officer-involved shootings in Chicago raise concern on police handling of mental health

New ruling bars Blacks Lives Matter protests at Mall of America

Steph Curry joins other NBA stars in gun safety campaign

Sandra Bland and the road to the non-indictment

WATCH: Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner of the Miss Universe pageant, among other pageant firsts

ICYMI: Virginia schools closed after Arabic calligraphy lesson

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