The inequalities African Americans battle are plenty and severe — but the widening health gap is arguably among one of the most crucial and inadequately addressed concerns....
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KKK planning rally at SC Statehouse to protest Confederate flag removal
chapter of the Ku Klux Klan has been approved to hold a protest rally at the South Carolina Statehouse next month, according to a Politico report....
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Washington University Made An Effort To Increase Diversity, And It’s Working
A school that has been widely criticized for having a homogenous student body is actively working to increase diversity....
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MLK Statue to Be Placed on Ga. Statehouse Grounds
The 8-foot statue, which will be placed atop a 3-foot base, will cost an estimated $350,000 and will stand just feet away from a new plaza where demonstrations are held....
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Exonerated death row inmate now sits on the board of the crime lab
Texas man who served 18 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit now has the power to prevent similar miscarriages of justice, reports the Houston Chronicle....
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Here’s Everything We Know About Bree Newsome
The 30-year-old Black Lives Matter protester and her partner were each released on $3,000 bond Saturday afternoon after Newsome removed the Confederate flag outside South Carolina’s statehouse....
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A Black Pastor Reveals How He Came to Support Same-Sex Marriage
The Rev. Delman Coates says he could not stand by while some sought to justify legalized discrimination under the guise of religious belief....
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Regina King calls for ‘more colorful’ Emmy nominees
When the Primetime Emmy Awards nominations are announced next month, Regina King hopes to see a more “colorful” group of nominees....
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Kids With Incarcerated Parents Find Support, Encouragement With This Brooklyn Program
The United States’ incarcerated population — the largest in the world — is at the heart of several national debates: People argue about the economic burden it places on the federal budget, how inmates...
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Secondhand Smoke Is Making Us and Our Children Sick
A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows twice as many African-American adults and children are exposed to toxic smoke at our jobs, in our homes and our cars....
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Hundreds Attend First Funeral For Charleston Church Shooting Victims
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A choir and band launched into one of Ethel Lance’s favorite gospel tunes and roused hundreds of mourners from their seats Thursday in a crescendo of music at the...
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SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS A RIGHT, THE SUPREME COURT RULES, 5-4
WASHINGTON — In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Constitution guarantees a nationwide right to same-sex marriage....
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“3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets” Doc Gives Life To Jordan Davis Tragedy
Jordan Davis was a real live American boy, with an open face, anchored by a dazzling smile. He lived with swag, vitality, and promise....
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Obama Gains Vindication and Secures Legacy With Health Care Ruling
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court decision on Thursday to uphold most insurance subsidies in President Obama’s health care law is a validation of effort to fulfill the promise of expanding health care that has...
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Teen Who Was Told She Would Never Speak Is Now A Talented Singer
This young woman has something to sing about....
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Taking Down The Confederate Flag Won’t ‘Solve’ Racism
The people of Charleston rejoiced after South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called for the removal of the Confederate flag at the state capitol, and rightly so....
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Report: Autopsy finds ‘high-energy injury’ in Gray’s death
BALTIMORE (AP) — A medical examiner found that a young black man suffered a “high-energy injury,” most likely caused when the Baltimore police van he was riding in suddenly slowed down, according to an...
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New York City to Pay $6.25 Million to Man Wrongly Imprisoned for 25 Years for 1989 Murder
Jonathan Fleming had proof that he was vacationing at Disney World in Florida when his friend was shot to death in Brooklyn....
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Meet The 63rd Black Woman With A Physics Ph.D. In American History
Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a 32-year-old theoretical astrophysicist. Her academic home is arguably the nation’s most elite physics department, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....
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Hillary Clinton engages in conversation on race at Christ The King
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got a roaring applause from the majority black audience at Christ the King United Church of Christ in Florissant when she told them that the Confederate battle flag, “shouldn’t...
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