Bring That Week Back: Boy Writes Book After Father Dies of Gun Violence
A waitress says she was fired over her hair, plus more.
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Boy Writes Book After Father Dies of Gun Violence - A former African-American waitress says Hooters fired her for wearing blonde highlights; a man was arrested after his daughter fatally shot herself with a gun; plus more news. — Natelege WhaleyKeith Whitted Jr. of Chicago lost his father to gun violence when he was five. His grandmother encouraged him to channel his anger and hurt into writings, which his family turned into a book called Kevin's Heart. "I wanted to write the book so I can teach people not to kill nobody no more,” said Whitted. (photo: courtesy of NBC)
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Waitress Said Hooters Banned Her from Wearing Blonde Highlights - Farryn Johnson, former waitress of Hooters in Baltimore, has filed a charge of discrimination against the restaurant for allegedly firing her for wearing blonde highlights in her hair. She said white and Asian employees were allowed to color their manes. Johnson added that Black employees who wanted to wear their hair curly were told they had to straighten it or lose their jobs. (photo: courtesy of Hooters)
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Father Charged After 2-year-old Fatally Shoots Herself - Melvin Andre Clark Jr., 19, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was arrested Sunday after his daughter, Samarri Tyana Beauford, 2, fatally shot herself while playing with a gun he left under a couch in his grandmother’s living room. He is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. (Photo: Cumberland County Detention Center)
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Group of Black Brooklyn Youths Attack White Couple for Honking at Them - A group of ten Black teens aged 12-18 started kicking the car of a white couple Monday in Brooklyn after the couple honked at them to move out of the street because they had the green light. The kids allegedly screamed “Get those crackers!” and “Get that white whore!” as they pulled the man and woman to the ground. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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