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Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and Father Michael Pfleger were just some of the notable speakers to honor the former WVON disc jockey at his funeral Wednesday.

The NBA launched an investigation into the Suns owner following a news report that detailed extensive accounts of racist and misogynistic behavior by him.

The killing of Trayvon Martin — a baby-faced, hoodie-wearing, unarmed youth at the hands of a stranger — still reverberates 10 years later: in protest, in partisanship, in racial reckoning and reactionary response, in social justice and social media.

Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin used the 10th anniversary of her son’s death Saturday to urge those who sought justice for her family to continue to fight.

MINNEAPOLIS — Family, friends and community members gathered Thursday in a north Minneapolis church where a funeral service celebrating the life of Amir Locke, fatally shot by police two weeks ago, began with songs of blessed reassurance before shifting to words of fury aimed at police.

Civil Rights leaders called for the replacement of the Rooney Rule in a meeting with Commissioner Roger Goodell

The Rooney Rule was established in 2003.

NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton had never seen anything quite like it at his Harlem headquarters.