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Pamela Dias, the mother of Ajike Owens, center, makes a statement with Rev. Al Sharpton, left, and civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, right, during the funeral for Owens on Monday, June 12, 2023, at Meadowbrook Church in Ocala, Florida. Owens was fatally shot by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz, when she went to Lorincz's door. Lorincz was arrested and charged in the shooting. Photo credit: Alan Youngblood, The Associated Press

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Ajike Owens, Florida mother of 4 shot by neighbor, laid to rest

June 15, 2023
By Melanie Eversley
NABJ Black News & Views

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The Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network, speaks at the funeral of Jordan Neely at Mt. Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem, N.Y., on Friday, May 19, 2023. Photo credit: Tamia Fowlkes, NABJ Black News & Views

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Jordan Neely’s funeral marked by call for better help for the unhoused and the mentally ill

May 19, 2023
By Tamia Fowlkes
NABJ Black News & Views

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President Joe Biden walks across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 5, 2023, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," a landmark event of the civil rights movement. With Biden is Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Photo credit: Patrick Semansky

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In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault

March 6, 2023
By Kim Chandler and Aamer Madhani
The Associated Press

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The sanctuary at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee, is seen before the start the funeral service for Tyre Nichols on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Nichols died following a brutal beating by Memphis police after a traffic stop. Photo credit: Andrew Nelles, The Tennessean via The Associated Press, pool

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‘We’re all Tyre’: Family prepares to lay Nichols to rest

February 1, 2023
By Aaron Morrison & Travis Loller
The Associated Press

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‘I’d be honored’: Rev. Al Sharpton to give eulogy at Tyre Nichols’ funeral in Memphis

February 1, 2023
By Lucas Finton
USA TODAY

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Family members and supporters hold a photograph of Tyre Nichols at a news conference in Memphis, Tennessee, Jan. 23, 2023. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, that the federal investigation into the death of a Black man who died after a violent arrest by Memphis police “may take some time.” Speaking during a news conference, U.S. Attorney Kevin G. Ritz said his office is working with the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in Washington as it investigates the case of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after his January 7 arrest. Photo credit: Gerald Herbert

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5 Memphis cops charged with murder in Tyre Nichols’ death

January 26, 2023
By Adrian Sainz and Rebecca Reynolds
The Associated Press

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