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Sharpton: Meeting with PepsiCo 'positive'

Officials with PepsiCo Inc. apologized during a meeting Wednesday with relatives of civil rights icon Emmett Till who were offended by a rapper who had a promotional deal with the company, the Rev. Al Sharpton said.Full story

PepsiCo cuts ties with Lil Wayne over crude lyrics

PepsiCo is bowing to public pressure for the second time in a week and cutting ties with Lil Wayne over the rapper's crude lyrical reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till. Full story

Janet Langhart Cohen’s theatrical call to action

  The Cycle hosts talk to former Defense Secretary William Cohen and his wife, playwright Janet Langhart Cohen, about her new play combining the stories of historic teenage martyrs Anne Frank and Emmett Till.

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