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New details emerge as Renisha McBride trial begins

Mother who lost 11-year-old due to stray bullet speaks out

Update: Marissa Alexander denied new hearing, still faces 60 years in prison

19-year-old is on his way to curing colon cancer

NY cop who placed Eric Garner in chokehold has history of complaints

Giants condemned for hiring anti-gay director of team development

BYP100 makes list of ‘Leaders of the New School’

Isaiah Austin offered job with NBA

Mother arrested for letting child play while she worked loses job

Student who went to MIT at 14 still shines today

Tony Dungy on Michael Sam: ‘I wouldn’t want to deal with all of it’

Obama calls for an end to job bias against gays, signs executive order

New York approves segregation proposal in high-rises

Queen Like Me: new children’s book tells stories of powerful black women

All but three of America’s wealthiest families are white

Tuskegee Airmen statues vandalized in Chicago

President Obama adds to ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ initiative

Justice for Renisha McBride: jury selection for Ted Wafer trial to begin

Residents in South Carolina find bags of candy from KKK on lawns

Woman firefighter becomes first female featured in Calender of Heroes

Apprentice settles for $34,500 in racial discrimination claim

Actor Rob Brown settles racial profiling lawsuit with Macy’s

Video: man dies after being put in chokehold by New York police

Report: black male teens want relationships, not just sex

11-year-old donates to homeless from soap line profits

NWA biopic casting call criticized for being racist

The world celebrates Nelson Mandela International Day

Baby abandoned on doorstep set for college this fall

Promoting literacy: Florida barbershop hands out books to young customers

Transgender woman identified as sibling of NBA star Reggie Bullock

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