Bring That Week Back: Boy Writes Book After Father Dies of Gun Violence

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Boy Writes Book After Father Dies of Gun Violence - A former African-American waitress says Hooters fired her for wearing blonde highlights; a man was arrested after his daughter fatally shot herself with a gun; plus more news. — Natelege WhaleyKeith Whitted Jr. of Chicago lost his father to gun violence when he was five. His grandmother encouraged him to channel his anger and hurt into writings, which his family turned into a book called Kevin's Heart. "I wanted to write the book so I can teach people not to kill nobody no more,” said Whitted. (photo: courtesy of NBC)

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Boy Writes Book After Father Dies of Gun Violence - A former African-American waitress says Hooters fired her for wearing blonde highlights; a man was arrested after his daughter fatally shot herself with a gun; plus more news. — Natelege WhaleyKeith Whitted Jr. of Chicago lost his father to gun violence when he was five. His grandmother encouraged him to channel his anger and hurt into writings, which his family turned into a book called Kevin's Heart. "I wanted to write the book so I can teach people not to kill nobody no more,” said Whitted. (photo: courtesy of NBC)

Waitress Said Hooters Banned Her from Wearing Blonde Highlights - Farryn Johnson, former waitress of Hooters in Baltimore, has filed a charge of discrimination against the restaurant for allegedly firing her for wearing blonde highlights in her hair. She said white and Asian employees were allowed to color their manes. Johnson added that Black employees who wanted to wear their hair curly were told they had to straighten it or lose their jobs.  (photo: courtesy of Hooters)

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Waitress Said Hooters Banned Her from Wearing Blonde Highlights - Farryn Johnson, former waitress of Hooters in Baltimore, has filed a charge of discrimination against the restaurant for allegedly firing her for wearing blonde highlights in her hair. She said white and Asian employees were allowed to color their manes. Johnson added that Black employees who wanted to wear their hair curly were told they had to straighten it or lose their jobs.  (photo: courtesy of Hooters)

Father Charged After 2-year-old Fatally Shoots Herself - Melvin Andre Clark Jr., 19, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was arrested Sunday after his daughter, Samarri Tyana Beauford, 2, fatally shot herself while playing with a gun he left under a couch in his grandmother’s living room. He is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. (Photo: Cumberland County Detention Center)

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Father Charged After 2-year-old Fatally Shoots Herself - Melvin Andre Clark Jr., 19, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was arrested Sunday after his daughter, Samarri Tyana Beauford, 2, fatally shot herself while playing with a gun he left under a couch in his grandmother’s living room. He is charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. (Photo: Cumberland County Detention Center)

Group of Black Brooklyn Youths Attack White Couple for Honking at Them - A group of ten Black teens aged 12-18 started kicking the car of a white couple Monday in Brooklyn after the couple honked at them to move out of the street because they had the green light. The kids allegedly screamed “Get those crackers!” and “Get that white whore!” as they pulled the man and woman to the ground.  (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Group of Black Brooklyn Youths Attack White Couple for Honking at Them - A group of ten Black teens aged 12-18 started kicking the car of a white couple Monday in Brooklyn after the couple honked at them to move out of the street because they had the green light. The kids allegedly screamed “Get those crackers!” and “Get that white whore!” as they pulled the man and woman to the ground.  (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Video Shows Kendrick Johnson Was Not Alone When He Died - The parents of Kendrick Johnson are seeking a court order for surveillance video that was inside the gym where their 17-year-old son died. Back in January, the teenager was found dead in a rolled-up gym mat at Lowndes County High School in Valdosta, Georgia. There were four cameras in the gym, according to family lawyers. (Photo: Justice for Kendrick Johnson via Facebook)

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Video Shows Kendrick Johnson Was Not Alone When He Died - The parents of Kendrick Johnson are seeking a court order for surveillance video that was inside the gym where their 17-year-old son died. Back in January, the teenager was found dead in a rolled-up gym mat at Lowndes County High School in Valdosta, Georgia. There were four cameras in the gym, according to family lawyers. (Photo: Justice for Kendrick Johnson via Facebook)

Al Sharpton to Bring Radio Show to Chicago - Rev. Al Sharpton said Sunday that he will travel to Chicago once a week to broadcast his radio and TV shows and highlight the work that is being done to combat the issue of gun violence plaguing the area. The son of Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King III, will be Sharpton's roommate and join him in efforts to bring national attention to Chicago's gun violence problem for the next two to three months. (Photo: Charles Norfleet/Getty Images)

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Al Sharpton to Bring Radio Show to Chicago - Rev. Al Sharpton said Sunday that he will travel to Chicago once a week to broadcast his radio and TV shows and highlight the work that is being done to combat the issue of gun violence plaguing the area. The son of Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King III, will be Sharpton's roommate and join him in efforts to bring national attention to Chicago's gun violence problem for the next two to three months. (Photo: Charles Norfleet/Getty Images)

Henry Louis Gates, Many Rivers to Cross Premieres - Henry Louis Gates’ latest PBS documentary, African-Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, premiered Tuesday. It is a six-hour special that traces 500 years of African-American life and leads with an account of Blacks' arrival to the New World that is about a century earlier than what is usually reported in textbooks. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Henry Louis Gates, Many Rivers to Cross Premieres - Henry Louis Gates’ latest PBS documentary, African-Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, premiered Tuesday. It is a six-hour special that traces 500 years of African-American life and leads with an account of Blacks' arrival to the New World that is about a century earlier than what is usually reported in textbooks. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

One Million African-Americans Identify as LGBT - A new report issued by the University of California Los Angeles Williams Institute states that more than one million African-Americans identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. The report showed that 25 percent of African-Americans in same-sex couples have completed their college degree compared to 22 percent of heterosexual Black couples. (Photo: Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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One Million African-Americans Identify as LGBT - A new report issued by the University of California Los Angeles Williams Institute states that more than one million African-Americans identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. The report showed that 25 percent of African-Americans in same-sex couples have completed their college degree compared to 22 percent of heterosexual Black couples. (Photo: Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

MLK Jr. Documents Bring in $130,000 at Auction - A series of handwritten notes, a farewell address and two letters written by Martin Luther King Jr. were among more than 100 items up for auction Thursday by his former secretary Maude Ballou. The auction brought in more than $130,000. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

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MLK Jr. Documents Bring in $130,000 at Auction - A series of handwritten notes, a farewell address and two letters written by Martin Luther King Jr. were among more than 100 items up for auction Thursday by his former secretary Maude Ballou. The auction brought in more than $130,000. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Black Woman Pastor Resigns After Marrying Woman - Bishop Allyson Abrams, 43, resigned from Zion Progress Baptist Church in Detroit Friday after revealing to her congregation that she married Diana Williams in March in Iowa. “It really hurts me because I don’t want to be the reason for the church to split, and potentially for family members to be at odds with one another," she said. Her wife, Williams, is a bishop emeritus of a church in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Eli Meir Kaplan/Getty Images)

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Black Woman Pastor Resigns After Marrying Woman - Bishop Allyson Abrams, 43, resigned from Zion Progress Baptist Church in Detroit Friday after revealing to her congregation that she married Diana Williams in March in Iowa. “It really hurts me because I don’t want to be the reason for the church to split, and potentially for family members to be at odds with one another," she said. Her wife, Williams, is a bishop emeritus of a church in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Eli Meir Kaplan/Getty Images)

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