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Johnny Robinson and Virgil Ware were killed in the aftermath of the Birmingham church bombing in 1963. Since their deaths, their families have worked for 60 years to make sure their legacies continue. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/tw…

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Black women students at Harvard say Gay's situation is a “disappointing” reminder of the ways they are undermined, no matter their success.

“As you get higher up, it doesn’t afford you more safety but makes you more subject to that scrutiny,' one said. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/cl…

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Comedian Katt Williams said he pushed for a rape scene to be cut from the 2002 movie “Friday After Next,” his film debut. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ka…

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A judge ruled that West Point can continue to consider race in admissions.

The Justice Department argued that the academy was a “vital pipeline' to create a more racially diverse officer corps that reflects the demographics of enlisted soldiers. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/us…

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Comedian Kat Williams said he pushed for a rape scene be cut from the 2002 movie “Friday After Next,” his film debut. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ka…

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An imam was shot Wednesday morning outside of Masjid Muhammad-Newark in New Jersey. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/n…

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A judge ruled that West Point can continue to consider race in admissions.

The Justice Department argued that the academy was a “vital pipeline' to create a more racially diverse officer corps that reflects the demographics of enlisted soldiers. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/us…

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Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has been hired as CEO of 1792 Exchange, a conservative group pushing back against what it sees as “woke ideology” in the corporate sector. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ke…

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Jonathon Heyward, known as the 'Converse Conductor,' kicks off his five-year engagement as the conductor and first Black musical director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra — conducting in his signature Chuck Taylors, of course. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ne…

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Public Enemy's frontman and one of the most prominent voices in hip-hop's history is working to unionize musicians and protect the genre from AI.

'Every other industry has a union to protect and advocate for its workers,' he said — next may be hip-hop. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ch…

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The College Board has released an updated framework for its new AP African American Studies course, which will officially launch in 2024. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/co…

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The family of Kenneka Jenkins, a Chicago teenager who froze to death after she became locked in the walk-in freezer at the Rosemont, Illinois Crowne Plaza Hotel in 2017, has agreed to a $10 million legal settlement. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/fa…

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Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has been hired as CEO of 1792 Exchange, a conservative group pushing back against what it sees as “woke ideology” in the corporate sector. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ke…

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Emmy award-winning actor Andre Braugher died from lung cancer, just months after being diagnosed.

His death underscores the prevalence of lung cancer in Black men, who have the highest death rate of the disease in the U.S., pulmonologists say. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/an…

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An Oklahoma judge exonerates a man who spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder, the longest serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ok…

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Trisha Bailey’s memoir, “Unbroken,” tells how maintaining grace in the face of trauma launched her to unimaginable wealth and joy. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/tr…

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Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday after facing intense scrutiny for equivocal testimony she gave at a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism as well as allegations of plagiarism in her academic work. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/c…

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Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday after facing intense scrutiny for equivocal testimony she gave at a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism as well as allegations of plagiarism in her academic work. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/c…

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AMC Theatres has apologized to a civil rights leader who was escorted out of a screening of “The Color Purple” in North Carolina by police after he tried to bring in his own chair he uses for an arthritic disability. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/a…

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