Race

National

Police Chief Is Latest Ferguson, Mo., Official To Resign

10:42pm March 11, 2015

An assistant chief will replace Tom Jackson; a Justice Department probe following the shooting death of Michael Brown had found serious problems in how the department operated.

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National

Claude Sitton, 'Dean Of The Race Beat,' Dies At 89

5:56pm March 11, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Sitton's reporting from the front lines of the civil rights movement earned him the ire of Southern officials and attention from the Department of Justice.

University of Oklahoma students march to the now-closed Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house during a rally against racism Tuesday. Two former members of the fraternity have apologized for their roles in a video that showed them singing a racist chant.

2 Oklahoma Students Seen In Racist Fraternity Video Apologize

2:04pm March 11, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The men were in a video of Sigma Alpha Epsilon members singing a racist chant. They have apologized, with one of the now-former fraternity brothers saying he had learned "a devastating lesson."

Earl Lloyd of the Syracuse Nationals poses for a portrait circa 1950 in Syracuse, N.Y.

Sports

Earl Lloyd Was Basketball's Jackie Robinson. Why Isn't He Famous?

1:55pm March 11, 2015

by Gene Demby

Earl Lloyd, the NBA's first black player, wasn't celebrated like Jackie Robinson, but today, Lloyd's league occupies a far bigger place in the black — and global — imagination.

Education

University Of Oklahoma Expels 2 Students Seen As Leading Racist Chant

8:30pm March 10, 2015

by Bill Chappell

University of Oklahoma President David Boren said their actions at a fraternity event "created a hostile learning environment for others."

SAE Fraternity Banned From University Of Oklahoma

5:56pm March 10, 2015

by Kate Carlton Greer

Sigma Alpha Epsilon members have until midnight Tuesday to leave their fraternity's campus house after a video surfaced showing several members singing derogatory racial language.

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Education

Oklahoma University Cuts Ties With Fraternity After Racist Video Posted

5:55pm March 10, 2015

by Jacob McCleland

The University of Oklahoma has given members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon until midnight to move out of their fraternity house. A video surfaced of members singing and using a derogatory racist chant.

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National

New Ferguson Judge Has Wide Latitude To Make Changes

5:44pm March 10, 2015

by Rachel Lippmann

The fallout from a scathing federal report on the police and court in Ferguson, Mo., has begun.The city's municipal judge has resigned, and a state appeals judge will start hearing cases instead.

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Frat Banned At Oklahoma University Is Familiar With Controversy

5:07pm March 10, 2015

A 2013 investigation found 10 people died in events related to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Bloomberg reporter John Hechinger about SAE's troubled history.

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The exterior of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house at the University of Oklahoma. The chapter was closed by the organization's national office.

National

Oklahoma Fraternity Is Closed Over Video Of Racist Chant

2:23pm March 09, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The video reportedly captured a scene while the fraternity members and others, all in formalwear, were on a chartered bus.