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Marco Millian, 34, was widely noted as one of the first openly gay candidates for public office in Mississippi. (Photo/marcomcmillian.com)

Slain LGBT mayoral candidate's family demands answers

Monica Land
theGRIO REPORT - Nearly three months after the battered body of Clarksdale, Miss. mayoral candidate Marco Watson McMillian was found dumped in a field, his parents have hired Parks and Crump...
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Malcolm Shabazz in an unknown location. Shabazz, the 28-year-old grandson of political activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico, U.S. officials confirmed Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Shabazz family Xiomara Michel)/Malcolm X (FIle Photo)

Mourners remember Malcolm X's grandson

Terry Collins, Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds gathered Friday to remember the late grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X as mourners said Malcolm Shabazz was well on his way to cementing his own legacy...
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Hadiya Pendleton (Courtesy of WMAQ)

$40,000 reward offered in Hadiya murder

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theGRIO REPORT - The Chicago Police Department on Friday announced an increase in the reward being offered for information leading to the killer of Hadiya Pendleton...
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Chicago funeral home director copes with rash of killings

Ron Mott , NBC News correspondent
MSNBC - Business is disturbingly steady for Spencer Leak, Sr. It’s not that he is unaccustomed to be being busy...
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Rainbow PUSH marches aim to combat violence

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Rev. Jackson will lead the marches across the nation this weekend against the increase of murders the African-American communities...
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Decoding Chicago's 'murder summers'

Renita Young
CHICAGO -- Every summer, crime and murder rates in Chicago rise significantly. Through the eyes of an affected family, The Grio examines the many factors that contribute to the city’s high summer homicide rate.
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Youth homicide rate in Chicago steadily high since 2008

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Since 2008, more than 530 youth have been killed in Chicago with nearly 80 percent of the homicides occurring in 22 African-American or Latino community areas on the city's South, Southwest and West sides...
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Miss. halts quick release of some pardoned

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi judge has temporarily blocked the release of 21 inmates who'd been given pardons or medical release by Republican Haley Barbour in one of his final acts as governor...
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UNSPECIFIED – UNDATED: This handout image provided by the Metropolitan Police shows Stephen Lawrence. Gary Dobson and David Norris were today found guilty at the Old Bailey of the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence, 18 years after he was stabbed to death at a south London bus stop. New scientific evidence tied both men to the murder and after today’s verdict, they are now due to face sentencing tomorrow. (Photo by Metropolitan Police via Getty Images)

Fear remains, 18 years after racist slaying

Jason Jouavel
LONDON -- I'm a black south Londoner. And almost two decades after the slaying, I still feel very anxious walking through certain streets in Eltham after dark...
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UNSPECIFIED – UNDATED: This handout image provided by the Metropolitan Police shows Stephen Lawrence. Gary Dobson and David Norris were today found guilty at the Old Bailey of the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence, 18 years after he was stabbed to death at a south London bus stop. New scientific evidence tied both men to the murder and after today’s verdict, they are now due to face sentencing tomorrow. (Photo by Metropolitan Police via Getty Images)

Family of UK murder victim never stopped fighting

Jason Jouavel
VIDEO - An 18-year-old murder case was finally brought to a conclusion in Great Britain this week. Jason Jouavel of NBC News' London bureau reports.
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