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Jordan Davis’ Family Receives Honorary Diploma - Twenty-five people were shot over the weekend in New York City, Zimmerman’s attorneys apologize for misstating nature of Trayvon Martin video, plus more – Natelege Whaley Jordan Davis was an unarmed teen who was slain at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, in November by Michael Dunn, a white man. His high school honored him Wednesday during a graduation ceremony by giving his family an honorary diploma in his name.  (Photo: Courtesy of The Jacksonville News)

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Fort Worth, Texas Man Sues Employer Over Racism - A Black worker from Fort Worth, Texas, is suing his employer over “being subjected to racial slurs, stereotyped and cheated out of promotions.” One employee told him, “We freed y’all,” a harsh reference to slavery, according to NBC.   (Photo: Yellow Dog Productions/Getty Images)

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In NYC, 26 Shot — Seven Dead — in One Weekend - As temperatures surpassed 90 degrees in New York City, gun violence rose as well. Twenty-five people were shot and three died in one weekend. Tayloni Mazyck, an 11-year-old of Bedford-Stuyvesant, was shot by a teenager and Damon Powell, 25, was killed. (Photo: Jonathan Fickies/Getty Images)

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Zimmerman's Attorneys Misstate Nature of Trayvon Martin Video - George Zimmerman's attorneys have apologized for stating in court Tuesday (May 28) that Trayvon Martin recorded on his cellphone two friends beating up a homeless man. The video was actually of two homeless men fighting over a bicycle. (Photo: Joe Burbank-Pool/Getty/Images)

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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to Investigate "Stand Your Ground" Law - The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has approved an investigation into the controversial "Stand Your Ground" law. The organization will decide whether the law, which 24 states currently follow, has racial bias. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

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Star Jones Seeks Public's Help to Find Killer of Friend's Sister - Star Jones is pleading for witnesses to come forward as her friend's sister was found dead last Sunday in a Michigan lake. Rosaline Lee, a mother of three, was seen floating and partially clothed by a fisherman. (Photos from left: Peter Kramer/NBC/NBC NewsWire, Facebook via RosalineRansomLeeMemorialPage)

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Gun Violence Rocks Chicago as 8 Are Shot in One Day - Eight people were shot and one 15-year-old boy, Patrick Sykes, was killed in Chicago within a 24-hour period last Thursday into Friday. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Cheerios Commercial Backlash - A new Cheerios commercial which features a mixed-race family has drawn a slew of racist comments online. The remarks were so overwhelmingly negative that Cheerios was forced to disable the comments section on YouTube. Commentators responded with hateful references to "Nazis, 'troglodytes' and 'racial genocide,'" according to AdWeek. (Photo: Courtesy Cheerios)

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NY Memorial for Malcolm X's Grandson - Family and friends of Malcolm X’s grandson, Malcolm Shabazz, remembered him at a memorial service in New York City last Thursday. The 28-year-old was beaten to death in Mexico City allegedly over a dispute over a $1,200 tab. (Photo: AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Miami Police Arrest 14-Year-Old for “Dehumanizing Stares” - Miami-Dade police officers are being put under fire for using excessive force to arrest a 14-year-old Tremaine McMillian after he gave them “dehumanizing stares.” Police say that he was play fighting with a friend and they ordered him to stop. When he refused, they arrested him. (Photo: Courtesy of CBS Miami)

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KKK Invitations Mailed to Colorado Springs Residents - Colorado Springs residents found Ku Klux Klan invitations taped to their mailboxes across their neighborhood in El Paso County. The fliers were placed in plastic zipper bags and targeted minority racial groups. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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North Carolina NAACP Protests Continue - About 140 people were arrested Monday at a rally at the North Carolina’s legislative building. Since April, the NAACP has held weekly demonstrations to protest the state’s General Assembly decisions to cut social programs, change voting laws and other issues. (Photo: AP Photo/The News & Observer, Chris Seward)

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RecoveryPark Creates Jobs for Ex-Offenders, Addicts in Detroit - RecoveryPark in Detroit is a new agricultural non-profit that will add up to 18,000 new jobs for ex-prisoners and recovering drug addicts. The operation is developing an urban farm, food processing center and an indoor fish farm. (Photo: Courtesy of RcoveryPark.org)