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Mar 10

Civil rights leaders outraged as more minorities undercounted in 2020 census

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

The 2020 census missed an unexpectedly small percentage of the total U.S. population given the unprecedented challenges it faced.

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Feb 24

10 years after killing of Trayvon Martin, nation continues its reckoning on racial justice

By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press

The killing of Trayvon Martin at the hands of a stranger still reverberates 10 years later -- in protest, in partisanship, in racial reckoning and reactionary response, in social justice and social media.

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Feb 21

Already convicted of murder, jury to consider whether Arbery killers guilty of hate crimes

By Russ Bynum, Associated Press

A jury in Georgia will hear dueling arguments from prosecutors and defense attorneys on whether the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery was a federal hate crime.

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Feb 17

Do policies that aim to increase diversity in hiring really work?

By Kenichi Serino

Earlier this month, former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores filed a lawsuit against the NFL over allegedly racist hiring processes. The lawsuit stems from a series of text messages between Flores and Patriots coach Bill Belichick three days before the…

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Jan 21

Prosecutors seek open hearing on trial evidence in Floyd’s killing

By Associated Press

Prosecutors in the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers on civil rights charges in George Floyd's killing are asking the judge to open at least parts of a hearing on the admissibility of some evidence.

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Jan 07

WATCH: 3 men convicted of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery sentenced to life in prison for the killing

By Russ Bynum, Associated Press

Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery were sentenced Friday to life in prison, with a judge denying any chance of parole for the father and son who armed themselves and initiated the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old…

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Jan 05

WATCH: Louisiana posthumously pardons Homer A. Plessy, namesake for ‘separate but equal’ case

By Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press

The state Board of Pardons in November recommended the pardon for Plessy, who boarded the rail car as a member of a small civil rights group hoping to overturn a state law segregating trains.

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Dec 27

Young South Africans learn of Tutu’s activism for equality

By Mogomotsi Magome, Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press

The legacy of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s activism for equality continues to reverberate among young South Africans, many of whom were not born when the clergyman battled apartheid.

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Nov 22

Rhode Island voters chose to drop ‘Plantation’ from state’s name. A year later it remains on display

By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press

Rhode Island dropped "Providence Plantations" from its name a year ago, but not from its buildings. Providence Plantations is written in the script in marble near the State House dome and on bronze plaques in the entryway.

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Nov 22

Florida judge clears four Black men falsely accused of 1949 rape of white woman

By Terry Spencer, Associated Press

At the request of the local prosecutor, a judge on Monday dismissed the charges and convictions against the Groveland Four: Ernest Thomas, Samuel Shepherd, Charles Greenlee and Walter Irvin.

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