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Barely half of black males graduate high school

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - A new study released today shows that while black males’ high school graduation rates have improved significantly in the last eleven years, they still fall behind their white counterparts...
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In this Friday, March 23, 2012 photo, Bill Stephney talks to his son Trevor, 13, as they sit outside their home in Randolph Township, N.J. Stephney, a media executive who lives in a New Jersey suburb that is mostly white and Asian, has two sons, ages 18 and 13. The killing of Trayvon Martin was an opportunity for him to repeat a longtime lesson: black men can get singled out, “so please conduct yourself accordingly.” (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Trayvon Martin, my son, and the Black Male Code

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - I thought my son would be much older before I had to tell him about the Black Male Code. He's only 12, still sleeping with stuffed animals, still afraid of the dark...
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To be young and black in the wake of Trayvon

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VIDEO - Melissa Harris-Perry and her guest, urban school district consultant Jawanza Kunjufu, seek to find out what it's like to grow up like Martin...
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