![Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William 'Roddie' Bryan Jr face charges of murder and aggravated assault, among others, in relation to Arbery's killing last year [File: Glynn County Detention Center via AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_21118785839080.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Three men face federal hate crime charges for Ahmaud Arbery’s 2020 killing that helped prompt anti-racism protests.
Race Issues
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ReConnect Rondo is pushing for a $460m land bridge to support Black-owned enterprises and right historical wrongs.
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Cancellation could have serious ramifications for HFPA, which relies heavily on television rights for funding.
Can the perpetrators of a notorious apartheid-era crime finally be brought to justice in South Africa?
Filmmaker Ines Johnson-Spain shares her experience of growing up Black with white parents in East Germany in the 1960s.
![Andrew Brown Jr's son, Khalil Ferebee, walks with Reverend Al Sharpton before helping to load his father's coffin into a horse-drawn carriage for a funeral procession in Elizabeth City, North Carolina] [Jonathan Drake/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-03T160804Z_64978184_RC2G8N9ZQB6Q_RTRMADP_3_USA-POLICE-NORTH-CAROLINA.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Reverend Al Sharpton says community has ‘determination to get justice’ for Brown’s death during eulogy.
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Tim Scott, the only Black Republican US Senator, said, ‘America is not a racist country’.
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US president faces tougher road ahead dealing with migration, mass shootings and rising calls for racial justice.
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Racist abuse of Asian healthcare workers is reportedly on the rise as they risk their lives in the fight against COVID.
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The probe comes a year after the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was shot during a police raid at her home.
![Glenda Brown Thomas displays a photo of her nephew, Andrew Brown Jr, on her cell phone at her home in Elizabeth City, North Carolina [Allen G. Breed/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP_21112604051789.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Brown, a Black man, was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies and the public awaits the release of bodycam footage.
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Women and people of colour take home more Oscars, in a pared-down, COVID-19-compliant award ceremony.
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A neighbour’s security footage shows the moments before a white policeman arrived and fatally shot the Black teenager.
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New law would require the US Department of Justice to focus on prosecuting hate crimes amid surge in attacks.