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PHOTOS: 100 Cities Rally For Trayvon Martin

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Despite the heat, a teen at Trayvon Martin rally asks if he looks dangerous. #wbz pic.twitter.com/a7mf6Lcv2N — Mark Katic (@MarkKWBZ) July 20, 2013 From ThinkProgress: On Saturday, 100 cities held rallies organized by the National Action Network for Trayvon Martin, where large crowds demanded a federal civil rights investigation into…

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Study Confirms Blacks Blocked From Southern Juries

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Curtis Flowers at his capital trial in 2004. The Mississippi Supreme Court reversed his first conviction after prosecutors used all of their peremptory strikes against blacks in the jury pool. From NYT: [T]he practice of excluding blacks and other minorities from Southern juries remains widespread and, according to defense lawyers…

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