2013

NYC Art Exhibit Allows Strangers to Touch Various Textures of Black Hair

11 Year-Old Girl Saves 3 Year-Old Brother’s Life by Tossing Him from Broken Fire Escape

Serena Williams Dominates Sara Errani; Advances to French Open Finals

Two Whole Foods Employees Suspended for Speaking Spanish

Bullet Intended for Alleged Gang Member Strikes 9 Year-Old

White Supremacist Sentenced to 10 Years for Arson Attack on African American Home

Paris Jackson Is “Physically Fine” After Apparent Suicide Attempt

Jordan Davis Receives Honorary HS Diploma

Philadelphia to Close 23 Public Schools While Building $400 Million Prison

Complaint Filed Against Texas Federal Judge Alleging Racial Bias

Civil Rights Activist Chokwe Lumumba Elected Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi

Lauryn Hill Responds to Accusations that “Neurotic Society” Lyrics are Homophobic

REPORT: 75 Percent of Students Arrested in Chicago Public Schools Are Black

Michelle Obama Confronts Heckler at Fundraiser; Threatens to Leave

LAPD Internal Review Findings: Chris Dorner’s Allegations of Racism Were Unfounded

President Obama Taps Susan Rice for National Security Adviser

New Report Sheds Light on Police Harassment of Transgender Women of Color

Rhymes and Reasons Interviews Jacinda Bullie About the Hip Hop Songs that Changed Her Life

Alicia Keys WILL Perform in Israel Despite Objections from Alice Walker and Others

Community Members, Union Leaders, Gang Members Unite to Protest Closing of South Side Hospital

STUDY: Blacks Are Nearly 4 Times As Likely As Whites of Being Arrested for Pot Possession

CeaseFire Director Ousted After Being Charged w/ Domestic Battery

140 People Arrested in Latest North Carolina NAACP Protests

18 Year-Old Dionte Maxwell Shot and Killed When Strangers Crashed Family BDay Party

Dwyane Wade Backs ‘This Is Fatherhood’ Campaign

Roy Hibbert Fined $75,000 for Saying ‘No Homo’ and Insulting Media at Press Conference

Grant Hill and Jason Kidd Retiring from NBA

11 Year-Old Tayloni Mazyck Paralyzed After Being Struck with Stray Bullet

Issa Rae Set to Play Nina Simone in Lorraine Hansberry Biopic

8 Arrested After Melee at Kindergarten Graduation in Cleveland

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