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Nas made his first appearance at Harvard University on Thursday and the rapper wasn’t performing. He was on campus to give his blessing to a new fellowship named in his honor.

Chris Brown has checked into rehab amid a recent altercation with a man this past weekend. The star wants to “gain focus and insight into his past and recent behavior.” Brown was arrested Sunday on an assault charge, and could face possible prison time.

An Akron, Ohio music teacher is suspended on leave pending an investigation into racist comments he allegedly posted on Facebook. Images of the rant were shared by parents of students attending Firestone High School.

A Brooklyn man is suing the NYPD after he was falsely arrested. Love Olatunjiojo was walking down the street with two of his friends when three police officers cuffed them for drug possession. The officers charged the men with possession of a controlled substance believed to be methamphetamine, a mistake that could cost the department.

Bishop Allyson D. Nelson Abrams stepped down from her position as pastor of Zion Progressive Baptist Church in Detroit after revealing that she was married to a woman. Bishop Abrams married Bishop Emeritus Diana Williams in March, but wasn’t ready to share it with the public yet.

A Ku Klux Klan chapter in Florida is protesting a community effort to change that name of Nathan Bedford Forrest High School in Jacksonville. Forrest was a Confederate general who helped found the hate group.

LeRoy McCarthy’s quest to have a corner in Brooklyn named after legendary emcee Notorious B.I.G. has hit a bit of a stumbling block. The council members who have the power to grant or deny McCarthy’s request have several issues with naming a street after the slain rapper.

The family of Jack Lamar Roberson never thought that he would be gunned down by police when they sought medical attention for the diabetic. But that’s exactly what happened when an ambulance was called for Roberson.

Things are looking up for a Tennessee waitress who received a racial slur instead of a tip on the job. Toni Jenkins works at Red Lobster in Cool Springs. A few weeks ago, someone wrote the N-word on a receipt at her table. Instead of sweeping the incident under the rug, Jenkins went public.

A Louisiana man released just three days from prison after serving 41 years in solitary confinement has died. Herman Wallace was released Tuesday after a judge ruled that he be freed because women were excluded from his grand jury. Wallace suffered from terminal liver cancer.

The family of Olympic track and field legend Jesse Owens is one step closer in their fight to once again rename a Chicago school after him. The building had been named after Owens since 1980, and the family called the change “disrespectful.”

An independent monitor and community advisory board has been appointed to ensure that an Arizona sheriff isn’t practicing unconstitutional discrimination. U.S. District Judge Murray Snow found that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office singled out Latinos.