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Rashon Nelson speaks as Donte Robinson looks on during an interview with the Associated Press last month in Philadelphia. Their arrests at a local Starbucks quickly became a viral video and galvanized people around the country who saw the incident as mode

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Men Arrested In Philadelphia Starbucks Reach Settlements

11:36am May 03, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson, arrested last month, were offered free college tuition by Starbucks, while the city promised to set up a high school program for young entrepreneurs.

After years of claiming she was black, Rachel Dolezal was outed as white in 2015. The Netflix documentary The Rachel Divide explores the fallout for Dolezal and her family.

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'Rachel Divide' Director Says Dolezal 'Has Remained Resolute'

5:14pm May 02, 2018

by Audie Cornish

In 2015, Rachel Dolezal became a walking Rorschach test for America's racial dysfunction. A new Netflix documentary explores what happened to Dolezal after the initial furor died down.

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What The Uproar Over Kanye West Might Reveal About Black Voters

5:14pm May 02, 2018

by Gene Demby

Kanye West's noisy flirtation with the Republican Party and President Trump has led to conservatives embracing him and Black people casting him out. Gene Demby of NPR's Code Switch says that the controversy illuminates some important dynamics about black voting and partisanship.

DeAndre Harris, on the ground, is assaulted in a parking garage beside the Charlottesville, Va., police station on Aug. 12, 2017, after a white nationalist rally was dispersed by police.

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White Man Convicted Of Beating Black Man At Charlottesville White Nationalist Rally

9:17am May 02, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

A group of white men hit and kicked the man as he lay on the ground during the violent rally last summer. Jacob Scott Goodwin of Arkansas, the first to be convicted, said he acted in self-defense.

Alex Wagner is a contributor to CBS News and The Atlantic Magazine.

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A Journalist Seeks Out Her Roots, But Finds Few Answers In The Soil

2:40pm April 30, 2018

by Terry Gross

Alex Wagner says the birth of her son made her want to learn more about her heritage. "I wanted to tell my son a story that was true," she says. Wagner chronicles her journey in Futureface.

In The Third Season Of 'United Shades Of America,' W. Kamau Bell Goes Home To Alabama

5:52pm April 29, 2018

W. Kamau Bell has a new shtick in the latest season of his TV show, United Shades of America. As he tells NPR's Michel Martin, he's no longer going after interviews with people who hate him.

The Rev. James Hal Cone taught at Union Theological Seminary until his death. He was there for decades and taught generations of students.

James H. Cone, Founder Of Black Liberation Theology, Dies At 79

6:41pm April 28, 2018

by Rebecca Feldhaus Adams

The Arkansas native is remembered for his fierce challenges to traditional Christian norms of his era.

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70 Years Later, Memorial Held For Unarmed Black Man Fatally Shot By Police

6:24pm April 28, 2018

by Jesse Hardman

It's a familiar headline: An unarmed black man is shot and killed by police. Community members are upset and demand justice. But this isn't a story that happened last month. It was 70 years ago.

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Rev. James H. Cone, Founder Of Black Liberation Theology, Dies At 79

5:16pm April 28, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

James H. Cone, who was considered the founder of Black Liberation Theology, has died at the age of 79. For nearly five decades, the reverend wrote and taught the gospel from the African-American perspective.

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Peace And Justice Memorial Seeks To Make Horror Of Lynching Understood

5:16pm April 28, 2018

A new memorial in Montgomery, Ala., remembers the thousands of African-Americans who were lynched. NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, the nonprofit organization behind the memorial.