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Holder brings his civil rights push to Ferguson

Editor - August 19, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) – Eric Holder talks about the nation’s civil rights struggles in a way no previous U.S. attorney general could – by telling his…

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Obama’s involvement in 3 racially charged cases

Editor - August 15, 2014

President Barack Obama has called for peace and calm in Ferguson, Missouri, the St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black teenager was fatally shot over…

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A look at other racially charged killings in U.S.

Editor - August 12, 2014

CHICAGO (AP) — In the wake of the fatal police shooting of an unarmed Black teen in suburban St. Louis, civil-rights groups and a lawyer…

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Police: Black teen shot in Missouri was unarmed

Editor - August 10, 2014

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — An unarmed 18-year-old Black man was shot and killed by police in suburban St. Louis after an altercation that involved two…

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George Zimmerman’s New Job: Security Guard At A Gun Store

Editor - July 30, 2014

George Zimmerman says he recently found work as a security guard at a store that sells motorcycles, guns and ammunition, according to police. A year…

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Blacks continue to fight for justice a year after Zimmerman verdict

Editor - July 22, 2014

The word stunned might best describe how U.S. citizens, particularly Blacks, felt after hearing that a six-member jury, following two days of deliberation in a…

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Trayvon Martin's friend Rachel Jeantel Blames herself in George Zimmerman trial

Editor - July 14, 2014

It’s been just over a year since the world was introduced to Rachel Jeantel, the friend of Trayvon Martin’s whose infamous testimony about what...

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Judge tosses Zimmerman’s lawsuit against NBC

Editor - June 30, 2014

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge on Monday dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed by George Zimmerman against NBC and three reporters, saying the former…

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Men want ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ expanded to include Black females

Editor - May 29, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – More than 200 African American men, ranging from a taxi driver to university professors, sent a letter to President Obama on…

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