'National Geographic' Looks At Its Archives To Reflect On Coverage Of Race
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: National Geographic magazine brought the world to readers through meticulous reports and gorgeous photographs. Now it's released an issue on...
View ArticleBobby Hutton: The Killing That Catapulted The Black Panthers To Fame
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Next we have a bit of hidden history from 50 years ago today. We recall what happened, of course, on April 4, 1968, when Martin Luther King...
View ArticleGuilty Verdict In Bill Cosby Trial Effectively Ends Comedian's Career
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: For decades, comedian Bill Cosby was America's dad, an esteemed philanthropist until rumors that he had drugged and sexually abused women grew...
View ArticleLoyal Royal Watchers Say Meghan Markle Is Making Princess Diana Proud
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DON GONYEA, HOST: There has been wall-to-wall coverage today as Meghan and Harry tied the knot, so please indulge us for just a bit more coverage of the royal...
View ArticleThe Education Of Bobby Kennedy — On Race
Back in May, 1963, then-Attorney General Robert Kennedy invited a select group of black entertainers to meet with him at his father's apartment in New York City. Singer-actor Harry Belafonte was there....
View ArticleAnthony Bourdain: Serving Up Inclusion
Anthony Bourdain is being mourned, of course, by fellow chefs and foodies for his sardonic exposés about what really happens in the kitchens of some of America's best restaurants. And for his travels...
View ArticleFor Some Japanese Americans, Border Separations Are Déjà Vu
Third grade teacher Tony Osumi says he, like a lot of Americans, watched the recent news from the Southern US border with growing dismay. The images and sounds of wailing children being pulled from...
View ArticleWhen Calling The Po-Po Is A No-No
Melissa DePino didn't take the infamous April video that showed two black men being handcuffed and ejected from a Philadelphia Starbucks—but she agreed to post it. "I know these things happen," the...
View ArticleTV Series Examines The Significance Of Trayvon Martin's Death
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It has been six years since Trayvon Martin was shot and killed while coming back from a trip to a convenience store in Sanford, Fla. Martin...
View ArticleA Look Back At Trayvon Martin's Death, And The Movement It Inspired
Most of us remember the broad outlines of the story: 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was followed, shot and killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla., on the night of Feb. 26, 2012....
View ArticlePlay Gives Woman At The Center Of Emmett Till's Murder Case A Voice
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: On this day in 1955, a 14-year-old black boy from Chicago, Emmett Till, was killed for allegedly whistling at a white woman in the tiny...
View ArticleBill Cunningham: A Memoir Of Style On All Levels, High And Low
I miss Bill Cunningham. There. I said it. I miss opening the Thursday and Sunday pages of the New York Times and seeing a whole cross-section of humanity, courtesy of Cunningham's photos, that had...
View ArticleThose Raised Fists Still Resonate, 50 Years Later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEVtf9g1zOI John Carlos and Tommie Smith went to the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a plan: If they won medals, they would stage a protest against racism and...
View ArticleGetting Out The Youth Vote With A Dash Of Snark
ACRONYM / YouTube As midterm elections approach, politicians and activists are urging people to get out and vote, especially in places where races are close. One of the demographics they're most...
View Article'Unexampled Courage' Tells The Story That Inspired Integration Of U.S. Armed...
Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Now to a new book that uncovers a bit of American racial history that had remained mostly hidden for years. In "Unexampled Courage,"...
View ArticleWhen Civility Is Used As A Cudgel Against People Of Color
The value of civility is one of the few things Americans can all agree on — right? That's the common assumption. And yet it's an assumption that depends on everyone thinking they're a full member of...
View ArticleThe Student Strike That Changed Higher Ed Forever
Today, ethnic studies is an accepted part of academia. Many if not most college students have taken a course or two. But 50 years ago, studying the history and culture of any people who were not white...
View ArticleFormer 'Ebony' Publisher Declares Bankruptcy, And An Era Ends
Ebony magazine was more than a publication — to black America, it was a public trust. It held a place of prominence in millions of African-American households whose members did not otherwise see...
View ArticleA Bouquet Of Poets For National Poetry Month
Poet Kevin Young says there are so many different kinds of poetry, even people who think they hate it should reassess. "I think of [poetry] more like music," Young told me last year. "Like, if someone...
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