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Zimmerman lawyers say Martin argued with friend, was 'angry'
Attorneys for George Zimmerman say that unreleased text messages drawn from Trayvon Martin’s cell phone show the 17-year-old was arguing with a friend and was “angry” on the day he was shot and killed in Sanford, Fla.

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Congressional Gold Medal awarded to girls killed five decades ago
The young girls, killed in 1963 when a church was bombed by white supremacists in Birmingham, Ala., have been honored posthumously. NBC’s Ann Curry reports.

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  Breaking Barriers: U.S. minority leaders
From the first Hispanic governor (in 1853) to the first African-American to be elected president, learn about how ethnic barriers have been broken in the United States through the years.

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