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Jimi Hendrix, James Brown among those honored with postage stamp

Walmart donates $1.75M towards black achievement

Here we go again: Columbia University sorority holds offensive Olympic party

Woman shot in head expected to make miraculous recovery, posts to Facebook

First Lady plans to propose ban on junk food marketing in schools

Another black president? Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick responds to rumors of 2016 White House bid

Boy who spent day as Detroit police chief dies

Dr. Bernice King speaks out against sale of MLK’s artifacts, disassociates self from siblings

Video: footage shows principal dragging kindergartners down hallway

Black women lead all groups in college enrollment

Report: More than 29 million people currently living in slavery

NFL may enact a 15-yard penalty for racial slurs on the field

Tamron Hall joins cast of ‘Today’ show

Mother of brain dead girl insist she is ‘not a corpse’

NSBA adopts curriculum based on ’12 Years a Slave’

Man freed, cops indicted after video of of abuse released

3 Peat: Venus Williams claims Dubai championship title once again

Brooklyn Nets sign Jason Collins making him the NBA’s first openly gay player

Former NFL prospect Myron Rolle to become neurosurgeon

Members of high school wrestling team suspended for lynching photo

Tamara Mowry still catching flack for her interracial marriage, tells critics to get over it

Petition created to bring charges against bus driver who wrongfully attacked passenger

Former NFL player Darren Sharper to be arraigned, charged with raping 7 women

Beyoncé will be the highest paid black artist of all time after tour

Brooklyn Nets may sign Jason Collins, making him the first openly-gay NBA player

The Michael Dunn trial: another juror speaks out, says case ‘not about race’

6-year-old gives back, makes a difference in New York City

Man found guilty in crash that killed Usher’s stepson

Re-trial for Michael Dunn murder case scheduled for May

Video highlights different reactions when black, white man break into vehicle

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