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Cleveland Area Boosts Efforts to Find the Missing
Originally published May 17, 2013

The county that includes Cleveland said May 16 that it will strengthen efforts to locate missing people following the discovery of three women who said they were held captive in a home there for about a decade.more More Arrow
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Roslyn M. Brock, chairwoman of the NAACP national board of directors, shows the new message on t-shirts that honor slain Mississippi NAACP leader Medgar Evers, during a wreath-laying ceremony Thursday, May 16, 2013, at the Jackson, Miss., home of Evers who who was shot in his driveway in 1963. Brock presented widow Myrle Evers-Williams, center, with a new T-shirt emblazoned with
NAACP Board Honors Evers' Memory in Miss. Capital
by Associated Press
May 17, 2013 - NAACP leaders from around the country are honoring the memory of the group’s former Mississippi leader, Medgar Evers, nearly 50 years after he was assassinated outside his Jackson home.more More Arrow

Hand-scrawled racist note
UC Irvine Black Student Targeted with Racist Note
by Associated Press
May 17, 2013 - University of California, Irvine officials pledged to work on race relations on campus after a Black student found a hand-scrawled note in her backpack calling her a slave, making it the second racist incident that has offended Black students in recent weeks.more More Arrow

Minn. Law Forbids Would-Be Employers to Ask About Criminal History
by Zenitha Prince
May 17, 2013 - Advocacy groups are praising a new Minnesota law that prohibits employers from asking job applicants about criminal backgrounds in the initial stages of the hiring process.more More Arrow

Shawn Scott, 24, a suspect in the Mother's Day parade shooting is led out of the New Orleans 5th District Police Station, Thursday, May 16, 2013 in New Orleans. Shawn and Akein Scott. two brothers with a history of drug arrests and suspected ties to a neighborhood gang each face 20 counts of attempted second-degree murder in a shooting spree that brought a sudden bloody end to a neighborhood Mother's Day parade. Photo/Matthew Hinton
Seven Arrests Now Made in Mother’s Day Shootings
by Kevin McGill
May 17, 2013 - NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Days after bursts of gunfire brought a chaotic and bloody end to a Mother's Day neighborhood parade in New Orleans, news of now seven arrests gave an organizer of the traditional event reason to celebrate again.more More Arrow

Brandon Frame
Morehouse Alum Creates Annual “Black Men Can” Awards
by Krishana Davis
May 17, 2013 - Although he did not meet his own father until he was 18 years old, Brandon Frame never rejected the importance of strong male influences in childhood development.more More Arrow

In this image taken from video and provided Monday, May 13, 2013, by the New Orleans Police Department, a possible shooting suspect in a white shirt, bottom center, shoots into a crowd of people, Sunday in New Orleans. The possible suspect may have two accomplices in the Mother's Day gunfire that wounded 19 people during a New Orleans neighborhood parade. Photo/New Orleans Police Department
Police: Suspect Arrested in La. Mother's Day Parade Mass Shooting
by Kevin McGill
May 16, 2013 - NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities have arrested the suspect wanted in a Mother's Day parade shooting that wounded 19 people in New Orleans, police said.more More Arrow

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu claps at a press conference at North Villere and Frenchman Streets where the mayor talked about the capture of Akein Scott, who shot 20 people in a the Original Big 7 Social Aid and Pleasure Club Inc. parade on Mother's Day, in New Orleans, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Landrieu and police chief Ronal Serpas, behind Landrieu, hailed the police work as proof of officials’ determination to end sporadic violence that mars the image of the tourism-dependent city. Photo/Matthew Hinton
Police: 2nd Suspect Arrested in Mother’s Day Parade Shooting
by Kevin McGill
May 16, 2013 - NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day, police said Thursday afternoon.more More Arrow

Sony Settles with James Walker (above) Over Gospel Clients. Photo/James Walker
Sony Settles Suit Filed by Lawyer for Gospel Artists
by Zenitha Prince
May 15, 2013 - Sony BMG Music Entertainment has settled a lawsuit filed in 2005 by attorney James J. Walker of Walker and Associates, a Black-owned, Atlanta-based law firm that represents gospel artists. After almost a decade of litigation, the settlement is a major win in the battle for the rights of urban artists, the attorney said.more More Arrow

Photo: Morguefile.com
Seven Cybersecurity Myths Busted
by Special to the AFRO
May 15, 2013 - (NAPSI)—It’s a common occurrence these days—one of your friends recently had an online account hacked but doesn’t have a clue how it happened. We’ve all heard tech advice from a tech-savvy sister or the IT guy at work, but what’s the truth? When it comes to online security, it’s sometimes difficult to discern between perception and reality.more More Arrow

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