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Feds investigating claims of civil rights violations at Chicago schools

Family: man shot dead by cops over toy gun

Justice for Renisha: Ted Wafer said he didn’t know the gun was loaded

New details emerge as Renisha McBride trial begins

NY cop who placed Eric Garner in chokehold has history of complaints

Report: black men no better off than they were in 1970s

Maya Rupert on #Theseorgsaintloyal

Here’s how the Civil Rights Act of 1964 could protect LGBT workers

Reflections from an original Freedom Rider

JET magazine to release final print issue

Civil rights activist Vincent Harding dead at 82

Cornell Williams Brooks named new president of NAACP

Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter dead at 76

BYP 100’s Edward James, civil rights activists call for firing of Angela Corey

NYPD ends Muslim surveillance program

Al Sharpton denies claims he was an FBI informant

Activists push for equality with ‘Voters Bill of Rights’ in Ohio

Former Black Panther Marshall “Eddie” Conway released after serving 44 years in prison

BYP 100’s Charlene Carruthers makes AARP’s ’11 Civil Rights Leaders Under 50′

Exhibit showcasing work of civil rights artists to be on display at Brooklyn Museum

Photo series honoring black leaders made into coffee table book

Happy birthday Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.!

Harry Belafonte inducted into Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, encourages black men to stand up against domestic violence

New York form asks jurors if they’re ‘negro’

Frank McCain of the ‘Greensboro Four’ dead at 73

Nelson Mandela’s funeral scheduled for December 15

BREAKING: Nelson Mandela dead at 95

Nelson Madela remains ill, unable to speak

NAACP names Lorraine C. Miller interim president

On This Day: Nelson Mandela Honored With Congressional Gold Medal

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