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  BYP 100’s National Coordinator Charlene Carruthers is making moves. Most recently the young activist and leader made AARP’s “11 Civil Rights Leaders Under 50.” 

Walmart wants to boost black achievement. That’s why the corporation has donated $1.75 million in grants from its foundation to three black nonprofit organizations: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), National Urban League (NUL) and United Negro College Fund (UNCF). 

The NFL may implement a new penalty this off season to combat the use of racial slurs on the field. John Wooten, heads the Fritz Pollard Alliance. He told CBS Sports that he expects the league to impose a 15-yard penalty when players use the N-word on the field, and an automatic ejection for a […]

Charges have been filed in connection to the shooting death of a 15-year-old Arkansas girl Saturday morning. 48-year-old Willie Noble is charged with first-degree murder, committing a terrorist act and five counts of aggravated assault after killing Adrian Broadway. 

A 15-year-old Detroit teenager is back home after a stranger took action to prevent the girl from being kidnapped. On Tuesday around 8 p.m. the teen was walking along Philip Street on Detroit’s east side when she was approached by a man. 

  A Chicago high school’s senior class has brought home a combined $12.5 million in college scholarship offers in a single day. More than one third of Kenwood Academy’s senior class will have financial assistance when attending college. 

Quvenzhané Wallis is back. The young star who made history as the youngest actress to ever be nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Actress will star in a remake of “Annie,” and get paid more than $1.5 million for the role. 

23-year-old Travion Blount has spent 8 years behind bars for a bad decision he made at just 15. The young man is currently serving a sentence of 118 years, plus 6 consecutive life sentences for robbery in Norfolk with two older teenagers.

Nelson Mandela will be laid to rest at his ancestral village of Qunu on Dec. 15. The village is located in the Eastern Cape. Mandela’s funeral will follow a national week of mourning for the historical figure, and will include an open-air memorial service at Johannesburg’s Soccer City stadium on Dec. 10.

Last week, we reported the findings of a shocking study conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union. Researchers found that 3,200 inmates are currently serving life sentences for nonviolent crimes. Among them is a man who is serving life in prison for stealing a $159 jacket.

Despite several claims of unjust behavior and racial profiling, the NYPD totes their stop-and-frisk program as a necessary and effective way to combat crime in the city. But according to recent report, just 1.5 percent of stop-and-frisks end up resulting in the perpetrator being arrested.

An apologetic Sam Hurd stood before a U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday, pleading for leniency for his role in drug trafficking. The former NFL star got 15 years for his crimes.