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Tuskegee Airmen Help New Generation of Flyers  - George Zimmerman’s defense lawyer opens trial with a knock-knock joke, thousands gather in Detroit to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s march in Detroit in 1963, plus more.  — Natelege Whaley and LaToya Bowlah The Tuskegee Airmen recently passed down their wisdom to high school students interested in flying. Twenty-nine Atlanta students participated in an inaugural week-long aviation course with Tuskegee Airmen Val Archer, 84, and Wilbur Mason, 88. (Photo: Jaime Henry-White/AP)

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President Obama Remarks on Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Ruling - “Today’s decision invalidating one of the core provisions [of the Voting Rights Act] upset decades of well-established practices that help make sure voting is fair, especially in places where voting discrimination has been historically prevalent…While today’s decision is a setback, it doesn’t represent the end of our efforts to end voting discrimination. I am calling on Congress to pass legislation to ensure every American has equal access to the polls,” said President Obama.  (Photo: Adam Berry/Getty Images)

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Zimmerman Trial Opens With a “Knock-Knock” Joke  - Defense lawyer Don West began opening statements in George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder trial on June 24 with a knock-knock joke. The all-women jury heard from witnesses such as a police dispatcher, 7-Eleven employee and a friend of Trayvon Martin. Audio experts were banned from testifying on behalf of the prosecution on June 22.  (Photo: Gary W. Green-Pool/Getty Images)

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Supreme Court Rules on Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin  - On June 24, the U.S. Supreme court ruled 7-1 to send the Fisher v. University of Texas case back to a lower federal appeals court for further judicial review. The justices decided that the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not hold the University of Texas’ admission policy under thorough legal scrutiny. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Paula Deen Will Lose Food Network Contract - Celebrity chef Paula Deen is losing her contract with the Food Network after she was caught on tape saying she wanted to hire Black waiters to look like slaves at a wedding. She also admitted to using the n-word and making anti-Semitic jokes. Employees of her Savannah, Georgia, restaurant have also accused her of racial discrimination. (Photo: Carlo Allegri/AP)

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Directors Guild Elects Its First African-American President - Paris Barclay, who served on the Directors Guild America union’s board as vice president, will now head the union’s negotiations in 2014 as the organization’s first African-American president. (Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

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Man in Critical Condition After Saving Niece From Falling Tree  - Dwight Dupree suffered a cracked spine and internal bleeding after saving his 6-year-old niece, Cara Johnson, from a falling tree. Johnson and Dupree were playing under the tree in the front yard of the family’s home in Gillsville, Georgia.  (Photo: Courtesy CBS News Atlanta)

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Juneteenth, a Celebration of Freedom - More than 40 states across the U.S celebrated Juneteenth on June 19. Juneteenth festivities commemorate the end of slavery in Texas in 1865. It is also commonly called “Emancipation Day” or “Freedom Day.” (Craig F. Walker / The Denver Post) (Photo: Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

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Court Dates Delayed for Moral Monday Protesters - The court cases for the first wave of protesters arrested during the NAACP-led Moral Monday’s demonstration have been delayed. The eight-week-long protest at the North Carolina legislature regarding unemployment benefit cuts has so far resulted in several arrests.  (Photo: AP Photo/The News & Observer, Travis Long)

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Man Arrested in New Jersey After Waving a Confederate Flag  - Darren Walp, 33, was arrested after a Toby Keith concert in New Jersey after climbing his way into a housing complex, waving a confederate flag and shouting racial slurs at residents. Walp is currently in the Camden County Jail and has been charged with bias intimidation, harassment and criminal trespassing. His bail is $5,000.(Photo: Mickey Welsh / Bloomberg News)

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5-Year-Old Girl Shoots and Kills Herself  - A 5-year-old girl shot and killed herself when her mother, Laderika Smith, left her at home to go to the store in New Orleans. Smith, 28, whose negligence resulted in the death of her daughter, is facing second-degree murder charges. (Photo: GettyImages)

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Rena Price, Whose Arrest Triggered the Watts Riots, Dies - Rena Price, who sparked the Watts Riots in Los Angeles, died on June 22. The Watts Riots took place from August 11 to 17 in 1965. The riots resulted in 34 deaths and brought attention to the city’s tense race relations. (Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Man Charged in Murder of Rosaline Lee, Sister of Star Jones' Friend - Bobby Lee Taylor, 42, was charged with first-degree murder of Rosaline Lee, of Pontiac, Michigan, who was found floating and partially clothed by a fisherman in May. Shortly after, media personality Star Jones pleaded for witnesses to come forward in the case as Lee was the sister of her friend. (Photo: Courtesy of The Oakland County Sheriff's Office)

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MLK’s 1963 Detroit March Remembered  - Thousands gathered in Detroit to walk in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s march in the city 50 years ago. Rev. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing led the march and rally Saturday.  (Photo: Detroit News, John T. Greilick/AP)

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7 People Shot in 24 Hours in Chicago - Last Thursday into Friday, seven people were shot in Chicago. Gun violence continues to hurt the youth of the city as a 15-year-old, 17-year-old and 24-year-old were among the wounded. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Frederick Douglass Honored With Capitol Statue - A ceremony was held to unveil a statue honoring abolitionist Frederick Douglass in the Capitol Visitor’s Center Emancipation Hall. After years of delay, the over seven-feet-tall bronze figure became the first statue to represent the District of Columbia in the Emancipation Hall. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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Atlanta Man Killed Trying to Rob People on Sneaker Line - An Atlanta man was attempting to rob people standing  in line at a clothing store to buy new $180 sneakers endorsed by the Miami Heat’s LeBron James. But a customer took out his own gun and shot the robber, who fell dead a few feet away. (Photo: Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)

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Christopher Dorner’s LAPD Firing Was Justified - A 22-page report finds that the Los Angeles Police Department followed all the correct procedures in firing Christopher Dorner. He allegedly killed four people, including two cops, in February after claiming he faced racial discrimination from the LAPD. Dorner was eventually killed by a self-inflicted gunshot in Big Bear Mountain, California. (Photo: AP)

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Trial of Two Floridians in Illegal Butt-Injection Case Begins Monday - Oneal Morris and Corey Eubank’s trial is scheduled to begin Monday. The two were arrested and charged with illegally practicing medicine in 2011 for allegedly injecting their legs and buttocks with a mixture which allegedly included Fix-a-Flat, cement and super-glue. (Photos: Courtesy of Miami Gardens Police Department)

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Study Shows Black Students Faring Better in Charter Schools  - The National Charter School Study released by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University shows a boost in academic performance among Black and Hispanic English-speaking students who attend charter schools.  (Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)