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New Yorkers try to stop ICE from arresting man, Hardat Sampat, on way to court

Michael Brown’s mother and sister get high school diplomas together

Micah Fletcher, survivor of Portland knife attack, calls out city’s “white savior complex”

Black church received $2,000 donation and apology letter from a reformed “terrible racist”

City of Oakland to pay $1M to teen sexually abused by multiple officers

Baltimore 7th grader wins individual chess championsip

Trump Pulls the US from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Noose found in National Museum of African American History

NJ Trooper suspended for repeatedly pulling women over to ask for their phone numbers

Officer who shot Tamir Rice fired for unrelated rule violations

Darius Smith, 15, killed by off-duty Border Patrol agent

LeDajrick Cox, 18, shot while celebrating high school graduation

Baltimore could be next to remove Confederate monuments

Zuckerberg tells Harvard grads to create more jobs in the age of automation

Students win offensive awards at Anthony Aguirre Junior High School

Two killed, one hospitalized after intervening in Portland anti-Muslim hate crime

Texas police chief on administrative leave after arresting Miss Black Texas USA

Police ask car accident victim to prove immigration status before helping, then detain him

Jury selected for Bill Cosby trial

Racist flyers posted in Chicago encourage Black people to deport Latinx residents

GOP House candidate body slams reporter for asking tough questions

Hickory Ridge High School student banned from own graduation over dress code violation

Baltimore police threaten internal discipline against five officers tied to Freddie Gray’s death

Black-owned construction company, WT Stevens, gets contract to replace pipes in Flint

Richard Collins III death investigated as a hate crime

Bresha Meadows takes plea deal, expected release in 2018

ISIS claims responsibility for Manchester Arena bombing

Notre Dame graduates walk out during Mike Pence commencement

When I, a Black person, was told I didn’t know enough about another culture to have opinions on slavery

Three arrested in connection to murder of 6-year-old Kingston Frazier

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