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Tim Boyles/Getty ImagesAttorney General Eric Holder speaking to the NAACP, Orlando, Florida, July 16, 2013 On the evening of July 13, the day a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman, my mother...
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Eric Gay/AP ImagesChecking a voter’s photo ID at an early polling site, Austin, Texas, February 14, 2014 One could be forgiven for being confused about where things stand with voter ID laws in this...
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Jim Bourg/Reuters/CorbisPolice officers watching pedestrians in Baltimore, Maryland, following the death of Freddie Gray, May 2, 2015 Amid a national epidemic of violence involving police officers and...
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