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Openly Gay Mississippi Mayoral Candidate Found Dead

1965 Voting Rights Act Being Challenged in Supreme Court

‘This American Life – Harper High School’ Takes Closer Look at Chicago Gun Violence

REPORT: Learning Gaps for Black Students Start in 2nd Grade

Zoe Saldana Responds to Nina Simone Controversy

Chuck D: Since Reagan And Bush, There’s Been Nothing But Guns And Drugs In The Black Community

KKK Granted Protest Permit in Memphis

Remembering Trayvon Martin, and Protecting Our Youth

Former Staffers at The Onion Denounce CEO’s Decision to Apologize for Quvenzhané Wallis Tweet

White House Honors ‘Champions of Change’ for Educational Excellence for African Americans

9 Year-Old Rapper’s Raunchy Videos Lead to Child Abuse Investigation

One Year Later: Trayvon and the Value of Black Life

Two Teens Arrested for Instigating and Filming Fight Between Two 7 Year-old Girls

The Onion’s CEO Apologizes to 9 Year-Old Quvenzhané Wallis

The Onion Tweets an Incredibly Bad Joke about 9 Year-Old Quvenzhané Wallis

Stop Saying Little Black Girls Are “Too Grown”

Teacher Under Fire for Giving Students Slavery Word Problems

Emmett Till’s Family Write Open Letter to Lil Wayne

On This Day 48 Years Ago, Malcolm X Was Assassinated

Maya Angelou to Younger Generation: You Are Not the B-Word; You Are Not the N-Word

Happy Birthday Nina Simone!

Sweet Brown Addresses Black Exploitation

Rahm Emanuel Announces Five-Year Plan to Invest $50 Million in Youth Programs

Chicago Public Schools Might Be Sued for Lack of Black History in Curriculum

New Report Addresses America’s Unequal Education System; Pushes for Large-Scale Reform

Hospital Accused of Granting Man’s Request that No Black Nurses Care for His Baby

Lisa Lampanelli Sparks Outrage Over Use of the N-Word; Says Context Matters

19 Year-Old Darrell Wallace Is The Fourth African American Driver to Race a Full Season in a NASCAR Series

Georgia Police Notify Mother of Son’s Death via FACEBOOK?!

Hadiya Pendleton’s Mother Featured in New Gun Control Ad

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