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The brutal killing of black, white, and Latino’s at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida has led to an outpouring of grief and anger across the world. One can only imagine the grief of those left behind or whose families now face years of hospitalisation, disfigurement, impairment and disability.

My heart goes to those affected, my anger is focused on our own culpability as a wider society.

On June 23rd, the United Kingdom will decide whether to leave or remain in the EU.

Operation Black Vote and Saatchi & Saatchi today launches a poster campaign urging people to go to the polls to vote in the EU Referendum. The campaign is designed to demonstrate that the future of Britain is within everyone’s power to decide: they simply have to exercise their democratic right to vote.

Today America mourns the unprecedented mass shootings in its recent history. The gunman, a 29 year old US citizen Omar Mateen, embarked on a murderous rampage with has left 50 dead and another 50 injured.

During the bloody shootings at a gay and lesbian club in Orlando, Florida he called the emergency services declaring his sympathies for the Islamic State.

LOUISVILLE, KY- IN 1960, a young boxer named Cassius Clay returned to the United States from the Rome Olympics with a gold medal dangling from his neck. It might as well have been a noose.

That same year, I was arrested, along with seven classmates, for trying to borrow books from a public library in my hometown, Greenville, S.C. Despite winning glory and gold for his country, the fighter could not have used that library, either. He could not eat in a number of restaurants in downtown Louisville, Ky., where he grew up.

All those who thought they missed out on registering to vote for the EU election have been handed a second chance to do so.

On the last day to register 7th June, the Government website crashed with a deluge of individuals wanting to register to vote. As a result the Cabinet Office have extended the period until tonight at 12 midnight.

So, in what is expected to be the biggest political decision of a generation you can now register to vote today , but only until midnight.

Unless you were a Black adult or child in the 1970’s it's difficult to imagine the enormity of Mohammed Ali. The outpouring of love and affection since the news of his death is up there with the very greats, including Mandela, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King.

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Campaigners are concerned that the tone of the referendum debate - which has focused on immigration - is alienating voters.

Ethnic minority voters could significantly influence the outcome of the EU referendum, according to new data, which comes amid growing concern about the impact of the campaign on non-whites.

Sky News has obtained figures that reveal the extent to which voters from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds (BME) favour remaining in the European Union.

The UK’s 4 million ethnic minority voters could decide the EU vote but many are being put off by the negativity of the debate

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