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Common, Al Sharpton react to NBA teams abandoning ‘owner’ title

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Michael B. Jordan presents exonerated Central Park Five men with courage award ‘It’s dangerous in America when you’re living in a black body’

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Black New Jersey school teacher says she suffered daily abuse from white colleagues

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Central Park Five prosecutor Linda Fairstein dropped by publisher

Since the release of “When They See Us,” Linda Fairstein has been forced to resign from at least two nonprofit boards and now her pubisher is done.
/ June 7, 2019
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‘SouthPark Susan’ pleads guilty to harassing and calling cops on two Black women for nothing

A woman, dubbed SouthParkSusan who was convinced that two Black women did not belong in her apartment complex was convicted of abusing the 911 system
/ June 7, 2019
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Billionaire who vowed to pay off Morehouse students’ loan debt creates paid internship program

Billionaire Robert F Smith wants to get students involved in a new internship program that links them to the world of STEM
/ June 7, 2019
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Texas high school valedictorian says principal shut off mic due to ‘political’ speech

Inspired to remember African Americans who have died at the hands of police, a Texas high school valedictorian decided to say their names, only to be censored by her principal
/ June 7, 2019

Caught on VIDEO: Cleveland prison guards beat up mentally-ill man who was tied to a chair

In a Cleveland lockup, an inmate was beating fiercely by a guard, who apparently tried to hide what he was doing, but a surveillance camera caught the whole incident
/ June 7, 2019

Dad’s video of son’s funny reaction to woman’s “stinky” feet on his airplane seat has internet in stitches

Little Rodney Small, 4, face-to-feet on a plane ride with his dad Darryl from Orlando to Houston on May 16.Darryl whipped out his cell phone and started recording little Rodney, as he cracked up at his son’s response when he noticed that someone behind him had the audacity to prop their bare feet up on his seat.
/ June 7, 2019
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JAIL HORROR: Family desperate after Black father dies in jail with his brain, heart and throat removed

TheGrio has launched a special series called #BlackonBlue to examine the relationship between law enforcement and African-Americans. Our reporters and videographers will investigate police […]
/ June 7, 2019