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She Will Rise Forever

With moving words, Oprah Winfrey reflects on legacy of Maya Angelou

Report: being poor increases cancer risks

Maya Angelou dead at 86

Mothers take crime scene, use it as ‘street lesson’ for sons

Civil rights activist Vincent Harding dead at 82

Boko Haram strike again, killing 48 people

Mother of homeless man who ‘baked to death’ in jail files lawsuit

Man who planned to kill president gets death penalty

Mothers of children killed by cops call for closer look at death of Ramarley Graham

93-year-old woman shot dead by police

Father of dead teen says he pulled gun out to ‘scare him’

Report: sugary drinks consumed most by black males, least educated

Chicago activist shot to death after leaving anti violence event

Federal Government offers assistance to Chicago police after weekend violence

Lawsuit: police shot unarmed man in back

Lawsuit: NYPD accused of excessive force that left dead teen quadriplegic

For Brown Girls Founder Karyn Washington dead at 22

Reward offered to find Chicago student’s killer

Renisha McBride Case: defense signals it will question victim’s past

Family of teen boy killed by girlfriend’s father wants daughter charged

Update: body of missing D.C. girl’s kidnapper found

NYC inmate who suffered from mental illness ‘baked to death’ in jail cell

Woman awarded $100,000 in lawsuit against city for mom’s death

Man dies two weeks after ‘death’

UPDATE: father of victim charged in connection with double homicide

At least 2 dead in NYC building explosion

New Jersey court expected to rule of use of rap lyrics by defendants as evidence

Bodies of Houston couple found dead in Texas

Man who killed Usher’s stepson in accident sentenced to 4 years

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