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Today in Black America - June 24

POSTED: June 24, 2015, 4:00 pm

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Today in Black History: Harlem's world famous Apollo Theater opened in 1933, eventually becoming a Mecca for Black entertainers and amateurs hoping for fame.

The State (South Carolina)

Editorial: Retire Confederate flag to a museum


The New York Times


Federal Hate Crime Charges Expected in Church Attack

Despite Killings, Clergy Balk at Idea of Tighter Security


Jindal of Louisiana Announces G.O.P. Bid for President

Bobby Jindal on the Issues


Hurdle for Sanders Campaign: Little Black Support

Tentative Deal in Albany Would Extend Rent Laws; Key Issues Are Unresolved

New York City Settles Wrongful Conviction Case in Brooklyn for $6.25 Million

Neighborhood Policing to Expand Across New York, Bratton Says

Prosecutors Say Officer Didn’t Help Man He Shot in Brooklyn Stairwell

More Americans Are Renting, and Paying More, as Homeownership Falls


Philly.com

Auction of tax liens is drawing fire


Chester-area schools chief quits

Youth meals program restarts in Phila.


N.J. Democrats' budget includes $2.5M for Cooper EMS takeover



The Star Ledger


Nearly 300 employees of N.J. law firm facing layoffs, report says

WATCH: Newark activists burned Confederate flag in 2000 protest


Student files class action lawsuit in N.J. over typo on SAT exam


Democratic infighting threatens to derail N.J. voting law overhaul

Condemned Newark hospital to become vocational school


The Washington Post

Alabama removes Confederate flags from capitol as backlash spreads

Gray autopsy reportedly shows ‘high-energy injury’


Opinion: I’m black. Here’s why I hang the Confederate flag.


What it’s like to be a supremacist, from an undercover informant


The Fix: Bobby Jindal might be Republicans’ Obama. But not in the good ways.

D.C. has a bigger income disparity than any state in the country

Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) appears to defend Confederate flag


The Christian Science Monitor

From retail stores to state houses, more say Confederate flag must go (+video)


The Monitor's View Looking for ways to prevent ‘another Charleston’


Walmart, others to stop selling Confederate flag: Is it bad for business? (+video)

Five misconceptions about Obama's Asia trade agenda


The Detroit Free Press

Study: 20% of U-M female undergrads sexually assaulted

His mission: Stamp out property-tax scammers in Detroit

African-American Baptists gather at Cobo

Wayne County Jail legal bills rise again


The Los Angeles Times


On Web, white supremacists stir up a growing and angry audience

What you should know about the flag's evolution

Confederate flag flies as state Sen. Pinckney's body rests in Capitol


L.A. school board OKs $7.8-billion budget with hundreds of layoffs


Three L.A. County deputies convicted in jail beating case



The Cleveland Plain Dealer

States with Confederate flag license plates could lose funding under Sen. Sherrod Brown proposal

School improvement is creeping in Cleveland and must speed up, city and school leaders say


2nd Toy Gun Buyback will debut new gun violence awareness comic



The Chicago Tribune

Jackie Robinson West files petition in bid to regain title


USA Today

Report: IRS gave $18M to firms with tax debts


Report: Freddie Gray dies of 'high-energy injury'in Baltimore





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