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Bridgeport NAACP asks DOJ to investigate police department following Lauren Smith-Fields and ​​Brenda Lee Rawls cases

Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News February 3, 2022

Lauren Smith Fields via family lawyer(BRIDGEPORT, Conn.) -- A Bridgeport, Connecticut, chapter of the NAACP is...

Students protest book bans by distributing ‘Maus,’ ‘Beloved’

Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News February 2, 2022

mrs/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Youth-led activist group Voters of Tomorrow plans on distributing hundreds of copies...

Six HBCUs received bomb threats Monday

Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News January 31, 2022

iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(NEW YORK) -- For the second time this month, at least six historically black universities and...

Pulitzer-prize winning Holocaust book, ‘Maus,’ joins list of banned books in libraries, schools

Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News January 27, 2022

Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images/FILE(MCMINN COUNTY, Tenn.) -- "Maus," a Pulitzer-winning book about the Holocaust, has been banned...

‘Modern-day lynching’: Man found shot dead during trip with co-worker

Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News January 27, 2022

Carmela King via Courtesy of Paul Jubas(VENANGO COUNTY, Pa.) -- The family of a Jamaican immigrant...

Letter from Holocaust survivor found at flea market decades later

Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News January 27, 2022

Courtesy Chelsey Brown(NEW YORK) -- Thrift stores, antique fairs and flea markets in New York City...

‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill amendment that LGBTQ+ advocates say could out students withdrawn

Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News January 26, 2022

Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- A Florida bill that would limit classroom discussions on sexual orientation...

Black correction officer mistaken for shoplifter sues Walmart for ‘racial profiling’

Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News January 25, 2022

Google Maps Street View(FAYETTEVILLE, Ga.) -- A Black law enforcement officer is alleging that he was...

Black man sues police after being mistaken for white ex-felon

Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News January 24, 2022

iStock/ChiccoDodiFC(NEW YORK) -- Shane Lee Brown, a 25-year-old Black man, is suing two Nevada police departments...