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Bakari Kitwana: Our Enemy is White Supremacy

15-Year Old Temar Boggs Hailed as a Hero After Rescuing Missing Girl

President Obama Responds to Zimmerman Verdict: “We Are a Nation of Laws, and A Jury Has Spoken”

Operation Save Our Sons Launches from Jacksonville, FL

Offensive “Angry Trayvon” App Sparks Outrage

Autistic Student Allegedly Disciplined w/ Broomstick

The Fight For Black Men

Mother Watches Police Shoot Black Teen Hours After Her Own Was Killed By Cops

Bullet Intended for Alleged Gang Member Strikes 9 Year-Old

Jordan Davis Receives Honorary HS Diploma

Black 14 Year-Old Carrying a Puppy Attacked by Police for Giving Them a “Dehumanizing Stare”

Shay-la Taylor Was in Labor While Oklahoma Tornado Destroyed Hospital

Kindergartner Uses Knowledge of His ABCs to Save Dad’s Life

Trailer Released for Oscar Grant Film “Fruitvale”

Outraged Parents Say Son’s Teacher Made Him Lick Desk Clean for Drawing On It

Young Chicago Poet Malcolm London Will Address Race, Class, Education on TED show

8 Year-Old Successfully Treated for Alopecia Expelled for Having Too Much Hair?!

Abducted Toddler Presumed Dead; Mother’s Version of Events Questionable

Editorial Asks “Where Are Ordinary Black Youth in Popular Culture?”

Louisiana City Set to Ban Saggy Pants

Police Sgt. Fired For Bringing Trayvon Martin Targets to Gun Range

Chicago HS B-Ball Star Jabari Parker Is Proud to Represent Young Black Males Going to College

MLB Launches Task Force to Examine Decline in Black Players

STUDY: Black Male Graduation Rates Hinge on “Grit” As Well As Grades

George Zimmerman’s Brother Compares Trayvon Martin to Alleged Baby-Killer De’Marquise Elkins

Kimani Gray’s Mother: ‘He Was Slaughtered, And I Want to Know Why’

Kimani Gray Shooting : Hundreds Rally for 2nd Night of Protests; Witness Says Gray Was UNARMED

Parents Turn in Their Sons After Seeing Surveillance Video of Robbery

University System of Georgia’s African-American Male Initiative Helps Young Men Navigate College

Epic Records Responds to Lil Wayne Controversy, Will Pull Offensive Emmett Till Line

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