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Students at the University of Missouri-Columbia hold ‘die-in’ demonstration in protest of police mistreatment in Ferguson

Gymnast Simone Biles makes history at the World Gymnastics Championships

Ferguson October: police arrest Cornel West

Detroit cop suspended after being caught wearing murder victim’s watch

Report: people of color have tech degrees, they just don’t get hired

Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood to host first annual 5k this November

Report: black males are 21 times more likely to be shot by police than whites

Video: St. Louis police pepper-spray peaceful protesters during Ferguson’s ‘Weekend of Resistance’

St. Louis now has five fatal police shootings under investigation

Judges strike down Wisconsin, Texas voter ID laws

Adrian Peterson facing jail time after pot admission

Video: Cops knock out teen for smoking cigarette

Spike Lee to make documentary on Mo’ne Davis and her Little League team

Relatives of Aunt Jemima hit brand with lawsuit

Inmate beaten to death at Florida jail after reporting threats by guard

2014 sees a record number of African Americans running for Congress

Another 18-year-old fatally shot by police in Ferguson, protests ensue

Supreme Court approves some of the worst voting restrictions in the country

Teen pepper-sprayed in own home after cops mistake him for intruder

Video: Hammond family sues police for excessive force after being tased during routine traffic stop

Report: teachers expect less from students of color

Eric Garner’s family files $75 million civil suit against NYC, NYPD

Texas Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan succumbs to virus

Involuntary manslaughter charge dropped against cop who killed 7-year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones

Gay marriage legal in five more states as Supreme Court continues to clear way for equality

Famed entertainer Geoffrey Holder dead at 84

Video: Cheerios releases well-received ad featuring white same-sex couple with black child

Video: Demonstrators in Ferguson interrupt STL symphony with harmonious protest

Family of woman who died in Missouri jail cell demands answers

Report: U.S. high school dropout rate reaches new low, driven by improvements by blacks, Hispanics

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