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Family, friends mourn young Wisconsin man shot by police

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Friends and family remembered a 19-year-old biracial Wisconsin man fatally shot by police as a friendly, funny person who liked to…

Police, other groups try to calm down tensions in Ferguson

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) With measured remarks and a conciliatory tone, police, political leaders and civil-rights activists on Thursday sought to tamp down tensions after two…

In Selma, Ala., Obama proved that he is ‘Black enough’

SELMA, Ala. (NNPA) – Throughout his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama was dogged by one question: Is he Black enough? The question was repeated…

Madison police response to shooting contrasts with Ferguson

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Within hours of a white officer shooting an unarmed Black man, the police chief of Wisconsin’s capital city was praying with…

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…

Anti-Israel divestment push gains traction at US colleges

NEW YORK (AP) — The lecture hall had filled quickly. Several students arrived wearing keffiyehs, the traditional Palestinian headscarves, while in the front row, a…

Police prepare for grand jury decision in Ferguson

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri police have been brushing up on constitutional rights and stocking up on riot gear to prepare for a grand jury’s…

Protester’s 1971 death still echoes in 2 families

BUTLER, Ala. (AP) — Carrie Johnson and Gladden Smith are bound together by a single, deadly moment — a moment for which she says she…

Native Americans pressing Nike to ax Chief Wahoo

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A Native American group is calling on Nike Inc. to stop producing and selling products that feature the Cleveland Indians’ mascot…

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