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Black America Still Feels the Noose | Afro

By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com With countless examples of police brutality and killings, continued systemic racism and symbols of segregation being toppled and challenged by demonstrators around the United States, the opposition, angst and concern for Black lives continues to linger. A rise in hangings in Texas, New York, and California have []

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