Bring That Week Back: Jamie Foxx Remembers Trayvon at the BET Awards

Al Sharpton looks to tackle violence in Chicago, plus more.

Jamie Foxx Wears Trayvon Martin Shirt to BET Awards - Al Sharpton is moving to Chicago to help bring change in Chicago gun violence; and the interest rates of student loans have doubled. —Natelege Whaley Actor Jamie Foxx used fashion to remember Trayvon Martin at the 2013 BET Awards on June 30. Foxx, who accepted an award for Best Actor at the ceremony, wore a white T-shirt with an image of the teenager. (Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images for BET)

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Jamie Foxx Wears Trayvon Martin Shirt to BET Awards - Al Sharpton is moving to Chicago to help bring change in Chicago gun violence; and the interest rates of student loans have doubled. —Natelege Whaley Actor Jamie Foxx used fashion to remember Trayvon Martin at the 2013 BET Awards on June 30. Foxx, who accepted an award for Best Actor at the ceremony, wore a white T-shirt with an image of the teenager. (Photo: Mark Davis/Getty Images for BET)

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Al Sharpton Is Moving to Chicago to Combat Gun Violence - Rev. Al Sharpton wants to take the issue of gun violence in Chicago into his own hands. He announced that he would be temporarily moving to the Windy City later this year to work closely in implementing programs to decrease gun violence.(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Don Lemon on how Black America can improve itself:  - "Black people, if you really want to fix the problem, here's just five things that you should think about doing… Pull up your pants… The n-word: stop using it… Respect where you live… Finish school… And just because you can have a baby doesn’t mean you should."  (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

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Don Lemon Hosts “N Word” Special - CNN’s Don Lemon brought on guests for a special to debate the use of the N word on July 1. Former Reading Rainbow host Levar Burton shared his methods for avoiding gun violence with police officers. “So when I get stopped by the police, I take my hat off and my sunglasses off, I put them on the passenger’s side, I roll down my window,” Burton said. (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

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Sexual Abuse Suits Against Elmo Puppeteer Thrown Out - A judge tossed out three lawsuits against Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash. The men claimed that he sexually abused them when they were underage. (Photo: AP Photo/Victoria Will, file)

Nine People Shot at Brooklyn House Party - Police have arrested Tyrone Brown, 24, with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon in a shoot-out at a Brooklyn house party early Sunday morning. Four men and five women were transported to hospitals for injuries that were not life-threatening.   (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Nine People Shot at Brooklyn House Party - Police have arrested Tyrone Brown, 24, with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon in a shoot-out at a Brooklyn house party early Sunday morning. Four men and five women were transported to hospitals for injuries that were not life-threatening.  (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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FAMU Lifts Marching 100 Band Suspension - The suspension of Florida A&M University's Marching 100 Band has been lifted. The school's former President James Ammons banned the marching band in 2011 after a hazing incident left student Robert Champion dead. (Photo: AP Photo/The Atlanta Journal & Constitution, Jason Getz, File)

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One dead, 4 injured in South Side Chicago Shootings - Stephon Wright, 18, was killed and four other people were wounded in gun violence on on July 1 and 2 in the South Side of Chicago. All of the victims were under the age of 45.   (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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One dead, 4 injured in South Side Chicago Shootings - Stephon Wright, 18, was killed and four other people were wounded in gun violence on on July 1 and 2 in the South Side of Chicago. All of the victims were under the age of 45.  (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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NYC Mayor Says Police Stop Minorities “Too Little” - Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke out in defense of the NYPD’s controversial stop-and-frisk tactics after the city council approved the creation of an independent watchdog over the NYPD. He says police stop minorities “too little” and that stop demographics should be compared to suspect descriptions, not the population as a whole. (Photo: AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Key Witness Rachel Jeantel Testifies in Case - Rachel Jeantel was on the phone with Trayvon Martin the night he was killed. The star witness says that her friend was being followed by George Zimmerman and told him to run as he approached him. Jeantel testified for two days and became visibly disinterested in testifying.  (Photo: Jacob Langston-Pool/Getty Images)

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Key Witness Rachel Jeantel Testifies in Case - Rachel Jeantel was on the phone with Trayvon Martin the night he was killed. The star witness says that her friend was being followed by George Zimmerman and told him to run as he approached him. Jeantel testified for two days and became visibly disinterested in testifying.  (Photo: Jacob Langston-Pool/Getty Images)

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Texas Executes 500th Person - Texas executed its 500th inmate since 1976 on June 26. Kimberly McCarthy, 52, was convicted of murdering her 71-year-old neighbor in 1997. (photo: Getty Images)