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The FBI will not be investigating the death of a Black teenager in suburban Chicago, a development that likely dealt a blow to activists who were trying to pressure the federal agency to get involved.

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White teachers at Whitney High School Cerritos, California, have been re-enacting slavery as a lesson for 10 years.

The number of hate crimes rose about 5 percent across the United States from 2015 to 2016. It's the first time in over a decade that the country has experienced consecutive annual increases in hate crimes

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Some relevant data hasn't evoked nearly as much outrage as Friday's verdict that acquitted a White police officer in a Black motorist's death: Every single murder suspect in St. Louis this year is Black.

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Police released a new surveillance video showing Kenneka Jenkins appearing to walk into a Crowne Plaza kitchen, but the teen is not seen walking into the freezer where her body was reportedly found.

The Family of Kenneka Jenkins and activists are calling for an FBI investigation.

Black fans of TV probably had a Tom Cruise “Oprah couch” moment when they heard Issa Rae confidently say she wanted “everybody Black” nominated for an Emmy to win.

Baton Rouge police are holding Kenneth Gleason on drug charges, but do not have enough to charge him in the deaths of two Black men.

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Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke fired shots at Rep. Maxine Waters, the Black Lives Matter collective, and Colin Kaepernick on Twitter.

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Baton Rouge police officials are searching for a White suspect who may be tied to the shooting deaths of two Black men.

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During the second wave of protests over the acquittal of Jason Stockley in St. Louis, nine people were arrested.