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Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder has vowed to never change the team's name. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

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Mynor Sanchez, a resident of Moore, Okla., lives a few blocks away and three houses down from major destruction. He is volunteering Friday in the neighborhood with his church, Templo El Alabanza, trying to do any tasks with which residents need help. Katie Hayes Luke for NPR hide caption

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Saturday

A man interviews for a job in Detroit. The unemployment rate for black Americans in Michigan was 18.7 percent in 2012, more that twice the rate for whites in the state. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption

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Job Searching While Black: What's Behind The Unemployment Gap?

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Actress Marla Gibbs (as maid Florence Johnston) and actor Sherman Hemsley (as her boss, George Jefferson), appear in an episode of The Jeffersons. CBS/Landov hide caption

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History Makes Hiring Household Help A Complex Choice

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Thursday

Justin Lin's first movie was Shopping for Fangs, which became a cult classic among Asian-American indie film fans. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption

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Director Justin Lin Shifts The Identity Of 'Fast & Furious'

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A crowd gathers at a press conference and rally in front of Manhattan federal court to vocalize their objection to the stop and frisk policy by the police Department Wednesday, March 27, 2013, in New York. The Center for Constitutional Rights has brought a lawsuit on behalf of four black plaintiffs who claim they were stopped by police because of their race. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano) Louis Lanzano/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption

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