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4 Men Charged In Shooting Of Black Lives Matter Protesters In Minneapolis

3:59pm November 30, 2015

by Laura Wagner

A county prosecutor said the men were charged with what the evidence supported, and that charging them with hate crimes would not add "one iota of time" to their possible sentences.

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Jury Selection To Begin In First Trial In Freddie Gray Case

7:56am November 30, 2015

by Jennifer Ludden

In Baltimore, the trial opens Monday for the first of six officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray. He's the unarmed black man fatally injured after his arrest and transport in a police van.

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Montgomery police cadets gathered outside the Rosa Parks Museum before a tour. The tour is part of a course called "Policing in a Historic City: Civil rights and Wrongs in Montgomery."

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In Montgomery, Rosa Parks' Story Offers A History Lesson For Police

6:49am November 30, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

Sixty years ago Tuesday, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus. Recruits in Montgomery, Ala., are learning about Parks in a course aimed at eliminating bias in policing.

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No Meekness Here: Meet Rosa Parks, 'Lifelong Freedom Fighter'

2:13am November 30, 2015

by NPR Staff

As the 60th anniversary of the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott approaches, author Jeanne Theoharis says it's time to let go of the image of Rosa Parks as an unassuming accidental activist.

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Barbershop: Black Friday, Black Lives Matter And Social 'Cuffing'

5:00pm November 28, 2015

The talk in the Barbershop this week is about Black Friday, Black Lives Matter and social "cuffing." Wesley Lowery, national reporter at The Washington Post, Katie Notopoulos, a senior editor at Buzzfeed, and Jozen Cummings, an editorial associate at Twitter, join the conversation.

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Robert Lewis Dear, 57, is accused of attacking a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs and killing three people, including a police officer. Nine others were injured.

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Planned Parenthood Shooting Suspect Robert Lewis Dear To Appear In Court Monday

3:25pm November 28, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The man arrested after a deadly attack and standoff at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs Friday is Robert Lewis Dear, 57, officials confirm.

Demonstrators do push-ups Friday as others block motorists along Chicago's Michigan Avenue as they protest the shooting of Laquan McDonald who was killed by a police officer in 2014.

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Chicago Protesters Block High-End Stores, Demanding Inquiry Into Shooting

12:34pm November 28, 2015

by Bill Chappell

City and federal investigators showed a lack of urgency in dealing with the case, critics say. Local columnist and editor Carol Marin pins part of the blame on "the feds" and President Obama.

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Local Leaders React To Chicago Officer Shooting

8:00am November 28, 2015

Demonstrators marched in Chicago wanting justice for a black teen killed by a white police officer. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with journalist Carol Marin about how leaders are handling the situation.

60 Years Later, What Can Activists Learn From The Montgomery Bus Boycott?

3:54pm November 27, 2015

by Michel Martin

Decades after Rosa Parks changed history, a new generation faces the challenge of remaking the civil rights movement for the next century. What can they learn from the past to build for the future?

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What Chicago Students Are Saying About Last Year's Police Shooting Of A Teen

4:01pm November 26, 2015

by Linda Lutton

A recently released video depicts the shooting of Laquan McDonald by a Chicago police officer last year. Reporter Linda Lutton of WBEZ in Chicago presents the thoughts of several students on the city's West Side.