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Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old Chicago boy, who was brutally murdered near Money, Mississippi. (AP Photo/File)/ Lil Wayne (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Lil Wayne pens letter to Till family

Kyle Harvey
theGRIO REPORT - Lil Wayne has finally apologized to the family of Emmett Till after over a month of dealing with criticism over his vulgar verse where he used civil rights icon’s savage killing as metaphor for sexual intercourse...
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Everett Dutschke stands in the street near his home in Tupelo, Miss., and waits for the FBI to arrive and search his home. Dutschke, charged with making and possessing ricin as part of the investigation into poison-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and others was expected to appear in court Monday April 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Thomas Wells, File)

Hearing held in case of poisoned letters mailed to Obama

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man charged with making a deadly poison sent to President Barack Obama and others was ordered held without bond until a hearing later this week when prosecutors are expected to describe what evidence they have against him...
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This undated photo obtained from the facebook page of Paul Kevin Curtis, shows, according to neighbors, Paul Kevin Curtis, 45. Curtis was arrested Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at his home in Corinth, near the Tennessee state line. He is accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to to national leaders. (AP Photo)

Miss. man charged with sending poison letters to Obama, others

Adrian Sainz and Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin has been charged with threatening President Barack Obama and others...
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In this handout from the White House, U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with (L to R) Chris Mizelle, Director for Russia and Central Asia, NSS, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, Chief of Staff Jack Lew and Denis McDonough, Deputy National Security Advisor in the Oval Office before a phone call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia on July 18, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Pete Souza/White House Photo via Getty Images)

Poison letter sent to President Obama

Eileen Sullivan and Laurie Kellman, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Secret Service says it has intercepted a letter addressed to President Barack Obama that contained a 'suspicious substance'...
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MLK thank-you letter to officer for sale

Joann Loviglio, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A dealer of rare historic documents is selling a letter from Martin Luther King Jr. to a Philadelphia police officer who was assigned to protect him...
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Ala. rep shocks colleagues with slavery remarks

Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama House leader says a black lawmaker will not face punishment for referring in an email to a white constituent's ancestors as incestuous slave owners...
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Congressman Allen West speaks to a crowd at the 2011 Palm Beach County Tax Day Tea Party on April 16, 2011 at Sanborn Square in Boca Raton,  Florida.   Another prominent speaker included billionaire Donald Trump.  (Photo by John W. Adkisson/Getty Images)

Allen West's 'NUTS!' letter on sale

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Allen West may be out of congress, but the tea party firebrand Allen West has carved out a place in history ... or at least on eBay...
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Shimaya with Santa (NBC So Cal)

Letter to Santa makes wish come true for Compton girl

Lolita Lopez
NBC Southern California - The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday kicked off its annual 'Letters to Santa' campaign with a story of a Christmas wish fulfilled...
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Bill Baxley (Letter of Note)

Ex-Ala. Attorney General's 'kiss my a**' letter to the KKK goes viral

Marquise Francis
theGRIO REPORT - Former Attorney General of Alabama Bill Baxley wrote a short and direct letter to the Ku Klux Klan back in 1970 after receiving a threatening letter of protest...
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Rep. Paul Ryan and Stacey Dash (via Twitter)

Stacey Dash defends GOP ticket in 3 page 'rant'

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - 'Clueless' star Stacey Dash sent TMZ a 3-page letter expressing her thoughts over Mitt Romney's loss in the U.S. presidential election...
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