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Joe Biden's "Vice President During Covid-19" Gaffe Draws Backlash
US President Joe Biden made another apparent gaffe during his speech at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner in Detroit on Sunday.
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Family Sees Video Of Charlotte Police Shooting Black Man Dead
The family of the black man whose shooting death by police triggered two nights of riots viewed video of the episode on Thursday, as Charlotte, North Carolina, braced for the possibility of a third straight night of violence.
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Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Protesters Hold Community Thanksgiving
Minneapolis Black Lives Matter protesters paused on Thursday to share a community Thanksgiving Day meal on the spot outside a police station where they have been demonstrating for more than a week over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man.
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Hillary Clinton Interrupted by 'Black Lives Matter' Protesters
US Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton was interrupted on Friday by protesters from the "Black Lives Matter" movement while speaking about the criminal justice system at a historically black university.
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Video Shows Police Shooting Man in Wheelchair in US, Sparks Controversy
Video purportedly showing police officers fatally shooting a black man in a wheelchair has sparked controversy in the United States.
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Julian Bond, Famed US Civil Rights Activist, Dies Aged 75
Julian Bond, a US civil rights activist and the former board chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), died today at the age of 75.
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American Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond Dead at 75
US civil rights leader and former head of the NAACP Julian Bond, who also held elected office in Georgia for two decades, died on Saturday aged 75.
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US Black Rights Group Embarks on Alabama-to-Washington March
Activists from the NAACP, America's oldest and largest civil rights group, embarked this weekend on a month-and-a-half long march from Selma, Alabama to Washington, DC, to focus national attention on issues of racial injustice.
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'Black' Activist Rachel Donezal Resigns Helm of US Civil Rights Group
A US civil rights activist resigned today from the leadership of a leading African American advocacy group, amid a "firestorm" over allegations that she was a white person who masqueraded for years as black.
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Hillary Clinton Calls For 'Rebalance' of US Justice System After Baltimore Riots
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said today "balance" should be restored in the US criminal justice system, denouncing discrimination blacks often face by police.
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US Activists Start Seven-Day March for Michael Brown
US civil rights activists embarked Saturday on a seven-day march to demand sweeping police reforms and denounce a grand jury's decision not to indict a white officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager.
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Day of non-violence urged to remember Martin Luther Junior
People worldwide should honour the memory of Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. by making on Monday a "no shots fired" day and ringing church bells in support of non-violence, urged the daughter of the slain U.S. civil rights leader.
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Joe Biden's "Vice President During Covid-19" Gaffe Draws Backlash
US President Joe Biden made another apparent gaffe during his speech at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner in Detroit on Sunday.
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Family Sees Video Of Charlotte Police Shooting Black Man Dead
The family of the black man whose shooting death by police triggered two nights of riots viewed video of the episode on Thursday, as Charlotte, North Carolina, braced for the possibility of a third straight night of violence.
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Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Protesters Hold Community Thanksgiving
Minneapolis Black Lives Matter protesters paused on Thursday to share a community Thanksgiving Day meal on the spot outside a police station where they have been demonstrating for more than a week over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man.
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Hillary Clinton Interrupted by 'Black Lives Matter' Protesters
US Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton was interrupted on Friday by protesters from the "Black Lives Matter" movement while speaking about the criminal justice system at a historically black university.
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Video Shows Police Shooting Man in Wheelchair in US, Sparks Controversy
Video purportedly showing police officers fatally shooting a black man in a wheelchair has sparked controversy in the United States.
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Julian Bond, Famed US Civil Rights Activist, Dies Aged 75
Julian Bond, a US civil rights activist and the former board chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), died today at the age of 75.
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American Civil Rights Leader Julian Bond Dead at 75
US civil rights leader and former head of the NAACP Julian Bond, who also held elected office in Georgia for two decades, died on Saturday aged 75.
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US Black Rights Group Embarks on Alabama-to-Washington March
Activists from the NAACP, America's oldest and largest civil rights group, embarked this weekend on a month-and-a-half long march from Selma, Alabama to Washington, DC, to focus national attention on issues of racial injustice.
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'Black' Activist Rachel Donezal Resigns Helm of US Civil Rights Group
A US civil rights activist resigned today from the leadership of a leading African American advocacy group, amid a "firestorm" over allegations that she was a white person who masqueraded for years as black.
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Hillary Clinton Calls For 'Rebalance' of US Justice System After Baltimore Riots
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton said today "balance" should be restored in the US criminal justice system, denouncing discrimination blacks often face by police.
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US Activists Start Seven-Day March for Michael Brown
US civil rights activists embarked Saturday on a seven-day march to demand sweeping police reforms and denounce a grand jury's decision not to indict a white officer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager.
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Day of non-violence urged to remember Martin Luther Junior
People worldwide should honour the memory of Rev. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. by making on Monday a "no shots fired" day and ringing church bells in support of non-violence, urged the daughter of the slain U.S. civil rights leader.
