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Black Colleges Show Increase in Graduation Rates - Teaching is the top profession for Black male graduates, Donald Trump tweeted attacks against the Central Park Five and President Obama will attend service for victims of Texas explosions. — Natelege WhaleyContrary to news reports that Black male teachers are becoming extinct, a new analysis shows it could not be further from the truth. The top occupation for Black men with at least a bachelor’s degree is elementary and middle school teacher, according to research by Ivory A. Toldson, Ph.D. of Howard University.(Photo: Baltimore Sun/MCT /Landov)

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Donald Trump Tweets Attacks Against Central Park Five - Donald Trump went on an offensive Twitter rant about the Central Park Five on Sunday. One of his followers told him to keep his comments to himself and Trump’s response was, “Tell me, what were they doing in the Park, playing checkers?” The documentary about the five New York men, who were wrongfully convicted of raping Trisha Meili in 1989 and were later exonerated, recently aired on PBS.   (Photo: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

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Obama to Attend Service for Explosion Victims - President Obama will be attending a memorial service in West, Texas, on Thursday for victims of a plant explosion that left 14 dead and 200 injured.  (Photo:Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)

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Boston Bombing Suspect Charged - Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged with using a weapon of mass destruction in the Boston Marathon bombings and could face the death penalty. Officials also believe Tsarnaev and his brother were motivated by the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan to act out the attacks. (Photo: Federal Bureau of Investigation/AP Photo)

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Family of Ricin Mailer Says He Has a Mental Illness - The family of Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, a Mississippi man charged with sending letters with ricin to the president, says he suffers from a mental illness. His attorney also says Curtis is innocent. (Photo: AP Photo)

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Thomas Jefferson's Virginia Plantation to Be Restored - Former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation in Virginia will be rebuilt with a $10 million gift by a philanthropist named David Rubenstein. At least two buildings will be restored on Mulberry Row, where slaves worked and lived on the estate. (Photo: Steve Helber/AP Photo, File)

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Wisconsin Has Highest Black Male Incarceration Rate - Wisconsin leads the nation in Black male incarceration rates, according to a new study released on Friday by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The state’s 12.8 percent incarceration rate is almost double the national rate, which is at 6.7 percent.  (Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Eight People Shot in Chicago in 24 Hours - Eight people suffered from gunshot wounds across the city of Chicago from last Thursday to Friday morning. The issue of gun violence has become numbing for some Chicagoans as it continues to take lives and as Congress stalls in passing gun control measures.   (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Barack and Michelle Obama Featured in Time 100 - Time magazine released their annual Time 100 issue, which highlights the world’s top leaders in politics, entertainment and sports. President Obama, Michelle Obama, Jay-Z, Beyoncé and LeBron James were among the African-Americans featured on the list. (Photos From Left to Right: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo, File, Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Trayvon Martin’s Parents Send Letter to Parents of 8-Year-Old - Martin Richard, 8, was killed in the Boston Marathon bombings. A friend of Martin’s teacher posted a photo of him holding a sign reading, “No more hurting people. Peace,” that he made in class after a lesson about the killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman. Trayvon’s parents wrote their condolences after hearing of the connection to their son.(Photo: R.I.P. Martin Richard via Facebook)

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Hadiya Pendleton’s Father Outraged by Senate’s Gun Vote  - Nathaniel A. Pendleton blasted the Senate for failing to pass new gun reform laws that includes background checks for all purchasers. “It’s very, very disappointing to know that it is going to take something even more drastic to get a common sense law passed to control the spread of guns,” he said.  (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Teens Plead Not Guilty in Killing 1-Year-Old - De’Marquise Elkins, 17, and Dominique Lang, 15, both pleaded not guilty last Thursday to shooting and killing 13-month-old Antonio Santiago during an attempted robbery.  (Photo: Law Enforcement)

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Black Colleges Show Increase in Graduation Rates - Historically Black colleges and universities have shown a sharp increase in graduation rates compared to past data, according to a report by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. At Jackson State University, graduation rates increased by 17 percent since 1968. Howard University’s graduation rate is now 64 percent, compared with 47 percent in 1998. (Photo: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)