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With Obama as president have race relations improved in America?
After the historic election of Barack Obama, have conversations about race become more common? Or has racism become more apparent?
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Trayvon Martin case’s mystery man: George Zimmerman’s cop connection
New evidence shows that George Zimmerman, the defendant in the Trayvon Martin murder case, counts a law enforcement officer – a federal agent – as a close adviser.
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Trayvon Martin case a trial by fire for rookie Sanford mayor
For about a month, Mayor Jeff Triplett labored to keep a lid on an explosive situation in Sanford, Fla., after local police released George Zimmerman, who fatally shot teenager Trayvon Martin. The mayor emerged intact, but not unchanged.
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Decoder Wire George Zimmerman charged: Will that affect civil rights investigation?
News that George Zimmerman was charged with murder won't sway the ongoing federal civil rights investigation, which is looking for evidence that Zimmerman was motivated by racial hatred.
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George Zimmerman charged in Trayvon Martin case: Why now, and what next?
George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin. Florida’s Stand Your Ground law could loom large moving forward.
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Trayvon Martin case: Is George Zimmerman a flight risk? (+video)
The former attorneys for George Zimmerman say they don't know where he is – adding that they're fairly certain he's no longer in Florida, where the fatal incident with Trayvon Martin occurred.
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'New Black Panthers' offer reward for George Zimmerman. Who are they?
The New Black Panthers are characterized as a hate group by several experts. The 1960s-era Black Panthers have sought to distance themselves from the New Black Panthers.
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New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case: 'Bombshell' for Obama?
The Civil Rights Commission is investigating claims that the Justice Department inappropriately dropped an investigation into alleged voter intimidation by the New Black Panther Party.
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Shirley Sherrod: casualty of escalating 'tea party'-NAACP race spat?
Shirley Sherrod was forced to resign from her Agriculture Department post for comments in a video posted online that shows she discriminated against a white farmer, conservatives say. The video makes Shirley Sherrod the newest focal point of a race-baiting feud between the left and right.
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What's behind yet another summer of racial discontent in America?
President Obama's election spread a balm on America's racial divides. But judging by the flap between the NAACP and the ‘tea party’ movement, its effects were short-lived.
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