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A University of Alabama student petition urges school officials to rename the building that honors a former KKK leader. The students want the building renamed in honor of Harper Lee.

Although reigning NFL MVP and Carolina Panthers superstar quarterback Cam Newton is largely out of the news cycle after his team’s Super Bowl 50 loss to the Denver Broncos, he’s still making headlines. Black sportswriter Kimberley A. Martin, who covers the New York Jets, shared a letter she received from a racist reader after recently writing […]

American Girl has emerged as one of the top businesses of its sort, selling millions of its beloved dolls and books aimed at young girls since debuting in 1986. This summer the company will reveal its latest doll, a girl from the civil rights era named Melody Ellison, as reported by CBS News. The network […]

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According to Rep. Waters, the 2008 financial crisis "exposed weaknesses in our regulatory framework" and "brought to the forefront the widespread disparities that exist in a variety of aspects of life for African American families."

The photo, which has since been taken down, was flooded with negative and racist comments about Lagum's natural pout.

Camille Cosby, the wife of disgraced comedian Bill Cosby, was deposed Monday in her husband's defamation case after losing several bids to exempt her testimony.

Congressman Clyburn warns that Sanders' free college tuition plan would kill private black colleges. Students would bypass HBCUs in favor of state colleges.

Police are investigating the suspicious death of a Buffalo State College Basketball Playe. His family believes he was made to drink something toxic while pledging for Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

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Peter Liang and Shaun Landau responded to a $50 million lawsuit by blaming the victim, the Daily News reports.

At least six people are dead and two are in critical condition after a gunman went on a seven hour shooting spree across three Michigan locations early Sunday morning.

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NewsOne Now cameras were on hand at the taping of this year's Stellar Awards in Las Vegas where we caught up with Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton who was visiting the state for the Nevada Democratic Caucuses.

The suspect reportedly ran his vehicle into the police car prior to the shootout.