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In this March 2, 2011, Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan, left, and his son Mustapha Farrakhan, are seen during ceremonies honoring Virginia seniors, including Mustapha's son, at an NCAA college basketball game in Charlottesville, Va. An Illiniois state law enforcement agency is investigating Mustapha Farrakhan after a newspaper determined he is a part-time suburban police officer who uses an unmarked squad car to provide traffic control for his father, an official said Monday April 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Illinois police agency investigating Farrakhan son

Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - A state law enforcement agency is investigating the son of Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan after a newspaper determined he is a part-time suburban police officer who uses an unmarked squad car to provide traffic control for his father, an official said Monday....
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Harold Washington, mayor of the city of Chicago, on 12/14/86 in Chicago, Il. (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage)

Chicago remembers Harold Washington's legacy

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - As Chicagoans mark the 30th anniversary of its first African-American mayor Harold Washington’s inauguration on April 29, the effects of his rule and the movement that put him in office could still be felt across the country...
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Boy, 15, found shot near Obama's home in Chicago

NBC Chicago
NBC Chicago - At least seven people were injured and a 15-year-old boy was killed in overnight shootings in Chicago...
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Shermain Miles

Chicago woman has been arrested 396 times since 1978

NBC Chicago
NBC CHICAGO - Over the years, Shermain Miles, 51, was arrested 65 times for disorderly conduct and 59 times for crimes related to prostitution, among other things...
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An AMBER alert was issued in Illinois Saturday after authorities suspect Lisa Elizabeth Brown (left) and her 12-year-old daughter Sommer Brown (right) may be heading to Chicago.(Photo courtesy of NBC Chicago.)

Texas girl in AMBER alert found safe

Alexandria Fisher, NBC Chicago
NBC Chicago - An AMBER alert was cancelled Sunday morning after a 12-year-old girl missing from Texas was found safe.
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Brittney Griner, left, shakes hands with WNBA President Laurel J. Richie after the Phoenix Mercury selected Griner as the No. 1 pick in the WNBA basketball draft, Monday, April 15, 2013, in Bristol, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Griner is No. 1 pick in WNBA Draft

Doug Ferguson, Associated Press
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) - Brittney Griner left an indelible mark on women's college basketball. Now she's ready to take on the pros...
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Remember the Negro League

Carrie Healey
VIDEO - Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier, but it was his play in the Negro League that got him discovered...
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Dennis Johnson

'Melissa Harris-Perry Show': How to end gun violence

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VIDEO - Chicago State University student Dennis Johnson joined the panel on MSNBC's 'Melissa Harris Perry' show to talk about the Black Youth Project, and his own experiences with gun violence...
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Jeremiah Wright's daughter indicted for fraud, money laundering

John O'Connor, NBC Chicago
NBC Chicago - A widening federal investigation into the alleged misuse of a $1.25 million state grant led Wednesday to the indictment of the daughter the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the contentious former pastor of President Barack Obama...
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First lady Michelle Obama visits Harper High School in the Englewood neighborhood to talk with students about the plague of violence in their area April 10, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. According to published reports Chicago has had 79 murders in 2013. Twenty-seven of the victims have been under 21-years-old, the most recent victim was fourteen-year-old Michael Orozco who died April 7, from two gunshot wounds to his chest. A 17 and a 19-year-old are in custody for Orozco's murder. (Photo by Nancy Stone-Pool/Getty Images)

Chicago gun violence is personal for first lady

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Since Chicago topped 500 murders in 2012, followed by Hadiya Pendleton’s death in February, the city’s gun violence issue has received more national attention..
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