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NAACP To Host #BanTheBox Twitter Town Hall, Nov. 6 1pm EST President Obama recently announced a number of criminal justice reforms, one of them includes an effort to make Ban the Box a reality, nationally. NAACP Criminal Justice Department is hosting a Twitter Town Hall with NAACP President/CEO Cornell William Brooks, Nov. 6 1pm EST, releasing a new …

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Department of Justice opens civil rights investigation into violent South Carolina classroom arrest After video of officer violently arresting black female student goes viral, even the sheriff calls incident actions "disturbing"

Ole Miss removes Mississippi state flag from campus Police officers at the University of Mississippi removed the state flag from campus today in a morning ceremony after a campus-wide push from students, faculty and administrators called for the flag's removal.