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What started as a peaceful gathering at the first Black Lives Matter conference to discuss police brutality against African Americans ended with a 14-year-old boy being arrested and several conference attendees being pepper-sprayed by police. The National Convening of the Movement for Black Lives began Friday at Cleveland State University and was ending Sunday when…

Newark, N.J., police are investigating an alleged Facebook exchange between a onetime city police officer and an active-duty city police lieutenant in which “Ras Baraka, the city’s African-American mayor, is referred to as a gorilla,” the Star-Ledger reports. According to the Star-Ledger, the reported incident, a screenshot of which was sent to police officials, violates the…

When former NFL wide receiver Bernard Berrian reviewed his home security tape after a burglary in April, he was surprised by what he saw, according to CBS Sports. What he saw was his former college teammate Therrian Fontenot burglarizing his home, writes the news outlet. The two played football together at California State University at…

As Sandra Bland was laid to rest on Saturday, mourners delivered powerful remembrances of the 28-year-old activist who reportedly died by suicide in a Texas jail after an arrest for a minor traffic infraction earlier this month. Her mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, was the last to speak at the service, attended by hundreds at DuPage African…

Iran’s supreme leader allegedly tweeted a graphic Saturday that appears to show President Barack Obama holding a gun to his head, reports USA Today. The image surfaced just three days after the United States and other world powers reached a historic agreement with the country to limit Tehran’s nuclear program in return for lifting economic sanctions…

Speaking before an affectionate crowd Sunday in his father’s homeland of Nairobi, Kenya, President Barack Obama reflected on his heritage before departing for Ethiopia during his historic trip to Africa, according to NBC News. “I am proud to be the first American president to come to Kenya, and of course I’m the first Kenyan-American to…

A 27-year-old Drexel University graduate was on the phone with her mother this month when she was attacked, sexually assaulted and killed, allegedly by a recently fired maintenance man who had served time for killing his own father, according to NBC 10. James Harris, 56, was arrested and charged Friday with murder in the death…

As questions linger about the cause of her death, Sandra Bland’s family and friends gathered Saturday to bid farewell to the 28-year-old woman who moved to Texas this summer to start a fresh chapter in life but ended up dead. Her funeral took place at her hometown church, DuPage African Methodist Episcopal, in Lisle, Ill.,…

A change.org petition is calling for the removal of a 135-square-foot mural at the Baker County Courthouse in North Florida, saying it presents “a racially biased look at history” and should be removed from a building that is supposed to promote justice for all. The petition to the Baker County Board of Commissioners on Saturday…

President Barack Obama on Saturday celebrated Africa’s growth and potential while opening a business summit in Kenya, the East African nation where he has deep family connections. The Global Entrepreneurship Summit, co-sponsored by the United States and Kenya at the United Nations headquarters in Gigiri, was convened by Julie Gichuru, a local TV host and…