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Civil rights activist says America looks a lot like it did 54 years ago

Activists hold silent protest at United Nations

Grand jury testimony in Michael Brown slaying closed to finished

George Zimmerman supporter changes story, says Trayvon Martin was racially profiled

White women using #nappyhair hashtag on Instagram

Petition: Man says he was banned from conference due to dreadlocks

Video: HBCU president blames women for getting raped on campus

John Legend tears down Piers Morgan’s attempt to blame blacks for the use of the N-word

U.S. patient who died from Ebola settles with Dallas hospital

White fraternity goes unpunished for harassing black sorority

Michael Brown’s parents address U.N.: ‘we need the world to know’

Sugarhill Gang’s Big Bank Hank dead at 58

Missouri National Guard prepared to act as Darren Wilson grand jury verdict nears

Suicide bomber kills 45 in Nigeria

Man accused of killing black man who was passing out food to homeless

Boyfriend of woman shot by Michigan police demands answers

Adrian Peterson prepared to sue NFL if not reinstated

‘Reformed’ white supremacist group in Montana aims to ‘diversify’ membership

California city bans homeless from sleeping outside

Video: Harvard students attempt to take 1964 literacy test and fail

Prominent pastor Myles Munroe among 9 dead in plane crash

Lupita Nyong’o opens up about comments made about dark skin in Glamour interview

Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch seen as strong civil rights defender

Jackie Robinson West squad visits the White House

Loretta Lynch emerges as possible attorney general replacement

Vikings running back Adrian Peterson dropped from Nike

Report: black students 4 four times more likely to attend high-poverty schools

Activists in Chicago call for investigation into fatal police shootings

Chicago-area police kill man in hospital emergency room

Chicago police captain convicted of torturing blacks receives $4,000 monthly pension

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