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Madison police chief: White officer shoots and kills unarmed Black 19-year-old

 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 19-year-old Black man who died after being shot by a White police officer was unarmed, the Madison police chief said…

Selma civil rights milestone marked by first Black president

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — America’s racial history “still casts its long shadow upon us,” President Barack Obama said Saturday as he stood in solidarity and…

Experts: Ferguson must move quickly to rebuild public trust

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal government’s withering report on the Ferguson Police Department issued a stern mandate to city leaders: Reform your law-enforcement practices…

Selma’s 50th anniversary brings comparisons to Ferguson

WASHINGTON (AP) — They only lasted minutes, but the beatings of civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, permanently seared the inhumanity of Southern segregation onto…

US clears officer in Ferguson case, criticizes police force

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department cleared a White former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black 18-year-old on Wednesday,…

Carson launches 2016 exploratory committee

WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson has created an exploratory committee to run for president, becoming the first high-profile Republican candidate to formally enter…

Senator: Missouri public safety director to resign

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The state senator who sponsored Missouri’s new public safety director when he was appointed amid the fallout from the Ferguson…

Ferguson attracts large pool of applicants to police jobs

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The city of Ferguson is attracting a large pool of applicants to police jobs, including minority candidates seeking the position left…

My civil rights year – Selma, Louisiana and Mrs. Caulfield’s butterbeans

  (Editor’s Note: The opening of the movie Selma last weekend has rekindled vivid memories for New America Media editor Paul Kleyman, who in 1965…

Chavis: Civil rights movement needed more now than 50 years ago

PEMBROKE – Civil rights leader Benjamin Chavis kicked off a week-long Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in Pembroke on Friday by saying a civil…

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