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As Serena Williams continues her campaign for the 2015 BNP Paribas Open title, one major thing lost in her remarkable return to the Indian Wells tennis center  last week is the criminal justice group she surprisingly has highlighted. The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) was certainly an organization foreign to many people's ears when the legendary tennis player announced not only her Coachella Valley return but that her fans would be donating at least $10 to the EJI in a competition to meet her at Indian Wells. But the organization's noble ethos is something that can't be ignored, as the Alabama based non-profit center is focused on the unjust, racist incarceration system and racial inequality issues that still plague America, especially black and brown Americans. It's why it was startling news that Serena, through the Omaze campaign, selected them in January as the group properly best suited for her unexpected return. "Serena reached out to us, and we wer...

The first words from Jonathan Fleming after wrongly being in jail for 25 years, becoming the latest wrongly convicted and imprisoned black man in America. "It's been a long time coming," Fleming said. "I waited for this day to come, 24 and a half years for this nightmare to be over and this day is finally here. I've dreamt about this many nights, and I'm finally a free man." And yet, some weird lady asked the question, "Did you get bitter at any point during these 24 years?" Ridiculous. On a more poignant note, the emotion his mother, Patricia Fleming, displayed for his son being free is obviously a must see . "Free man, free man, free man, it's over, it's over now, it's all over." And the words of Fleming's significant speak to how tremendous her heart is. And the real factual thing that will continue to persist is that there are thousands of more Jonathan Flemings, including those who are on death...