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Jay Z and the Weinstein Co. are partnering to make a Trayvon Martin film and TV documentary series.

Google establishes a training space on its Silicon Valley campus for Howard University computer science students.

The Chicago teenage girl in Facebook Live sexual assault is now getting harassed by neighborhood kids.

CBC leaders met with Trump Wednesday and raised “several areas of concern,” including his description of Black communities as “completely lawless,” proposed cuts to domestic programs that will harm low-income people, troubling positions on law enforcement and mass incarceration, and the “rolling back” of voting rights.

Principal Nadia Lopez opens the tech door to students shutout from opportunities.

Congress repeals an Obama-era education policy that addressed school accountability.

Education coach Verta Maloney tackles unconscious bias in the classroom.

An opera about Negro Leagues slugger Josh Gibson will premiere in Pittsburgh in April 2017.

Joey Meek sentenced to 27 months in prison for lying to the FBI and failing to report a crime.

An African-American boy launches a book club featuring literature with positive Black characters.

A school district agrees to pay three Black students $450,000 to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit.

An Oklahoma jury awarded $10.25 million to the family of a mentally ill Black veteran who died in police custody.