african american

Fire shoots out from a Baltimore store on Gay Street as looting erupted in a five-block business section in Baltimore on April 6, 1968. Police sealed off the area.

National

50 Years Ago Baltimore Burned. The Same Issues Set It Aflame In 2015

6:01am April 07, 2018

by Brakkton Booker

Riots in Baltimore broke out days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder. Segregation and economic tensions led to civil unrest. Those issues were still present in 2015 after the death of Freddie Gray.

Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking to a mass meeting at the Mason Temple in support of striking sanitation workers.

National

The Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike: King's Last Cause For Economic Justice

9:39am March 28, 2018

by Debbie Elliott

They wanted better working conditions and higher pay, but they needed help strategizing. Martin Luther King Jr. went to Memphis to help.

An Educational Legacy: The Persistence Of Charlotte Hawkins Brown

5:00am March 22, 2018

by Bethany Chafin

At the turn of the 20th Century, a 19-year-old African-American woman from Henderson, N.C., began building a school – the Palmer Memorial Institute – that would educate more than 1,000 bl

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Mounting research suggests that African-American and Latino children with autism are diagnosed late because of bias on the part of health care providers or a lack of information among patient families.

Black And Latino Children Are Often Overlooked When It Comes To Autism

4:42pm March 19, 2018

by Casey Rentz

Research suggests that African-American and Latino children with autism are diagnosed later in life because of healthcare provider bias and families' lack of access to care, among other reasons.

Economy
Race

A History Of Homeownership And Heartbreak In East Winston

11:16am March 14, 2018

by David Ford

Over the past several years, home prices in Forsyth County have soared, and today, it's a
seller's market. But not in many of the region's African-American neighborhoods.

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Former President Barack Obama and artist Kehinde Wiley unveil his portrait during a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

Behind The Obama Portraits: Artists Put Their Own Spin On A Presidential Tradition

6:04pm February 13, 2018

by Heidi Glenn

Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald both typically paint vivid canvases of ordinary black subjects. "What we're positing here is a new vision of the possible," Wiley says, "one which is inclusive."

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Samantha Pierce of Cleveland has a 7-year-old daughter, Camryn. In 2009, Pierce gave premature birth to twins. The babies did not survive. Scientists say black women lead more stressful lives, which makes them more likely to give birth prematurely and put

How Racism May Cause Black Mothers To Suffer The Death Of Their Infants

10:05am December 20, 2017

African-American women are more likely to lose a baby in the first year of life than women of any other race. Scientists think that stress from racism makes their bodies and babies more vulnerable.

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A view of Buffalo Bayou and downtown Houston. The dirt along the banks shows the extent of the flooding during Hurricane Harvey.

Hurricane Harvey Flooded Houston's Theater District, But It Won't Stop The Shows

7:44am December 09, 2017

by John Burnett

Bayou water and sewage flooded the city's opera, ballet, and theater companies, ruining wigs, costumes and props. Losses and costs to rebuild may total more than $60 million.

A runner passes a ghostly sculpture on display between Bondi Beach and Tamarama Beach in Sydney.

This Halloween: What Does It Mean To Call Something 'Spooky'?

6:18am October 24, 2017

by Leah Donnella

Scared, fine. Frightened, sure. But spooked? This week, we dive into the racial history behind one of Halloween's most fraught descriptors.

Members of the San Francisco 49ers kneel with teammates during the national anthem before playing the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in October.

When It Comes To Race And Sports, Who Owns An Athlete's Opinions?

6:24pm October 21, 2017

by Karen Grigsby Bates

The anger of white fans "is what happens when black bodies don't conform to what white spectators and consumers want them to be or do or say," says Penn State assistant professor Amira Rose Davis.