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University cancels invitation to African journalists due to Ebola fears

Florida man running for office creates fake Obama endorsement letter

Man released after serving 15 years behind bars for crime he didn’t commit

Dream Defenders launch bulletproof vest campaign for kids in protest of Stand Your Ground laws

Autopsy: Darrien Hunt shot four times in back

Keke Palmer inspires young girls through partnership with non-profit

West Virginia columnist fired after referring to Mike Brown as an ‘animal’

Report: blacks in Minneapolis 11 times more likely to be arrested

North Carolina instructor under investigation for racist remarks

Charges re-filed against mother who left kids in car for job interview

Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson misses court dates

Producers seeking stories from young people of color for ‘Woke Up Black. Again.’

Substitute teacher accused of using racial slur against black students

Georgia, North Carolina see surge in black voter turnout

Little League superstar Mo’ne Davis lands Teen Vogue feature

Video: Michigan police fatally shoot man 46 times

Halloween lynching display removed from Fort Campbell home

Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson expected to step down

Chadwick Bosman to star as Marvel’s first black superhero, company also set to debut first female hero

Two Bronx boys attacked, called ‘Ebola’ due to health scare

National ‘Wear Orange’ protest in opposition of mass incarceration to be held October 30

New York Post claims Eric Garner’s mother asked NYPD for special favors

Jackie Robinson West makes front of Kellogg’s cereal box

Raven-Symone pins open letter in response to cyber-bullies

Black and missing: these two Chicago teens have been missing since the summer

Charles Barkley: ‘unintelligent blacks hold race back’

7 months later: search continues for missing 8-year-old D.C. girl

Low-income students get a little help with college loans

Report: Illinois tops list of worst 10 states in country to raise black children

Man orphaned by Rwandan genocide awarded full ride to Harvard

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