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Washington Trust charged with “Red Lining” Black customers

The Justice Department announced today that Washington Trust...
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Greenwood Mayor removed from office

Levi Weaver was removed Tuesday as Mayor of...
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Finally, an arrest 30 years after Tupac Shakur’s murder

Las Vegas police arrested a man for the...
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Maurice Bishop is to be honored

The Grenada government Tuesday announced plans to observe...
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Dallas Mayor switches from Democrat to Republican

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson switched from Democratic to...
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The University of California’s president’s Berkeley residence was vandalized with racist hatred

A fence was built around the Berkeley home...
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More women are in jail, and they are outpacing men

The number of women in jail has outpaced...
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Black men comprised 32 percent of the nation’s federal prison population

The U.S. prison population was 1,230,100 on December...
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Jann Wenner said Black musicians ‘are not articulate’

Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone magazine and...
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Roger Ebert got Spike Lee “To Do The Right Thing”

Filmmaker and actor Spike Lee owes much gratitude...

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