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President Barack Obama announced a virtual records system Thursday that should ease delays in healthcare for wounded veterans. The electronic record keeping system, will handle service members' administrative and medical records from the day they enter service. Those files will be transferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs when they leave active duty.

Surviving the Destruction of Black Wall Street

On May 21, 1921, what was once the "Black Wall Street" in Oklahoma became the site of one of the most gruesome race riots in American history. Dr. Olivia Hooker, now a resident of Greenberg, New York, and two other survivors, Otis Clark, 105, of Seattle, Washington, and Wess Young, 92, of Tulsa, attended the screening of Before They Die!, a documentary detailing the accounts of several survivors and Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree, who unsuccessfully petitioned the state courts and later the Supreme Court for reparations.

BE Modern Man: Meet ‘Mr. Intelligence’ Rodney Jacobs

Meet Rodney Jacobs, part of the BE Modern Man 2018 cohort. Jacobs is an exceptional individual who leads in the areas of law, health, and intelligence in Miami as the assistant director for the City of Miami Civilian Investigative Panel.

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