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The women, comprised of a mostly African-American book club, were traveling on the train and discussing a romance novel when a train employee told them they were offending other passengers with their noise level. The women were then escorted off the train to awaiting police.

The 11 women, 10 African-American and one white, originally sued for $11 million, but have settled for an undisclosed amount.

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President Barack Obama is slated to travel to Roseburg, Oregon to meet with families of the Umpqua Community College shooting victims.

  The proprietors of the Napa Valley Wine Train are finding out what a costly mistake it was to kick off members of a book club for laughing while Black. The group of 11 women, who are mostly Black, filed suit against the company on Thursday for racial discrimination, adding that many other loud customers […]