'It's sad that I'm here protesting the same thing that she did 50-plus years ago'
Former champion Naomi Osaka is wearing a different facemask for each of her matches at the US Open this year.
A young man was killed in Florida on February 26 because he was black and wore a hoodie. When his killer was acquitted on July 13, Roopa Unnikrishnan's faith in the justice system was shattered, forcing her to look at life through the prism of colour.
Slain black teenager Trayvon Martin's parents have welcomed US President Barack Obama's unexpected and unusually personal remarks on their son as "a beautiful tribute to our boy."
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