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Black Love Day is the Valentine’s Day alternative celebrating black love
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Black Lives Matter activists fight for MLK’s legacy with racial justice demands
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Axe’s ‘Find Your Magic’ ad campaign attempts to sell a broader definition of masculinity
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Cleveland cop put on administrative leave after Facebook post about Tamir Rice’s mother
The school police officer was put on administrative leave.
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Chicago lawyer resigns from police-brutality case after judge accuses him of hiding evidence
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