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A man who was arrested during the Baltimore protests -- sparked by the death of a 25-year-old unarmed Black man in police custody -- is suing the police department for excessive force, wrongful arrest and battery.

Nicki Minaj brought power and #blackgirlmagic to A&E's Shining A Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America event when she performed a reading of the late Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise."

Three people have been arrested in the stabbing death of Baltimore stylist Damon Jennings. According to Maryland State Police, Jennings knew the three individuals through their mutual involvement in an event promotion business.

A Harlem resident committed a gentle act of kindness when she gave her shoes to a barefoot homeless woman on a crowded MTA train.

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Spike Lee talks with Roland Martin about the epidemic of violence in Chicago and about his new movie, "Chi-Raq."

African-American students were outraged to see portraits of Harvard Law School's Black professors defaced, leading to an investigation by the police and a string of discussions about racial injustice at Harvard University.

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Just this week, Trump said there should be a database that keeps track of Muslims within our country. "There should be a lot of systems, beyond databases," he told NBC News yesterday. "I would certainly implement that, absolutely."

In 1981, Gates was sentenced to prison for the rape and murder of Georgetown University student Catherine Schilling. In 2009, with the use of advanced DNA evidence, authorities discovered the crime was committed by a man who died in 2013.

Three people were killed and over 100 people were taken hostage at an international hotel in Mali, West Africa, BBC News reports.

The Nigerian cities of Yola and Kano were rocked by two bomb blasts in 24 hours, killing dozens of people and wounding more than 120 others. One of the attacks involved an 11-year-old girl, the report says.

There are plenty of real moments in the Obama presidency, but NewsOne has gathered the best for your viewing pleasure.

Back in April, the family of Black Chicago teenager Laquan McDonald was awarded $5 million after the police shooting death of the 17-year-old. Although McDonald…