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Video: Men run 550 miles in honor of Mike Brown, attend memorial

Marissa Alexander takes 3 year plea deal

Marion Barry dead at 78

‘Angola Three’ prisoner released from solitary confinement after more than 42 years

12-year-old boy murdered by Cleveland police officer over air gun

Unarmed man fatally shot by police in Brooklyn

School bus driver calls kids n***er, administrators ignore comment

Study: whites associate word ‘black’ with negative connotations

Black Immigration Network responds to President Obama’s immigration relief announcement

Name of cop who shot teen six times in back released

High school powder puff team poses for team photo, play game in blackface

Report: In U.K., white males monopolize paid jobs at universities

G.K. Butterfield to lead Congressional Black Caucus

Tyler James Williams calls out homophobia in the black community

Video: 7-year-old hopes to bring peace to Ferguson by playing violin

In heartfelt letter, NBA’s first openly-gay player Jason Collins announces retirement

Missouri ties own record for most executions in a year

Tracy Morgan battling severe brain injury, future uncertain

Video: Don Lemon blames Bill Cosby’s alleged rape victim during interview

Black students walk out over school official’s racist tweet

Activists from Ferguson disrupt traffic in downtown Clayton

Laverne Cox named Glamour ‘Woman of the Year’

St. Louis mayor: ‘National Guard will play limited role’

Adrian Peterson suspended without pay for remainder of NFL season

Little League superstar Mo’ne Davis lands book deal

Cops slam schizophrenic woman down, killing her in front of family members

Second Ebola patient dies in U.S.

Rapper facing life in prison for releasing gang-related album

Bill Cosby refuses to answer questions about rape scandal during NPR interview

Report: KKK threatens Ferguson protesters with lethal force

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