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Stop-and-Frisk Trial Begins Today

New NRA Ad Specifically Targets Black Community; Links Civil Rights Struggle w/ Gun Ownership

City Treasurer Stephanie Neely Calls for Version of “Stop and Frisk” Program in Chicago

1965 Voting Rights Act Being Challenged in Supreme Court

Emmett Till’s Family Write Open Letter to Lil Wayne

Happy Birthday Nina Simone!

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

Mamie Till Mobley Memorial Foundation Asks Lil Wayne to Remove Reference to Emmett Till from New Song

Rosa Parks To Be First Black Woman Honored w/ U.S. Capitol Statue

Cornell West: Obama Doesn’t Deserve To Be Sworn In With MLK’s Bible

WATCH: Ten OTHER Things Martin Luther King Said

Widow of Medgar Evers To Deliver Invocation at Obama Inauguration

Ben Jealous Calls Out Sen. Tim Scott on His Horrible Record on Civil Rights

Civil Rights Leaders Unveil BLACK AGENDA for Obama’s Second Term

Civil Rights Leader Lawrence Guyot Dead at 73

Joe Biden: Transgender Equality is the ‘Civil Rights Issue of Our Time’

President Obama: ‘If I’m Re-elected, It’s Because the GOP Has Alienated Latino Voters’

Ann Coulter: Civil Rights Are ONLY For Black People

Remembering the Little Rock Nine

Black Clergy Members Protest Gay Marriage at NAACP Convention

Eric Holder Calls Voter ID Laws “Poll Taxes”

Detroit High School Students Stage Walk Out: 50 Suspended For Demanding A Quality Education

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