History

Location Of Harriet Tubman's Home Discovered

4:43pm April 21, 2021

Archaeologists have finally uncovered the location of Harriet Tubman's house, where she spent her formative teenage years before she escaped enslavement. Their clue was a Lady Liberty coin dated 1808.

We Are Bridges: A Memoir, by Cassandra Lane

Books
Arts

In 'We Are Bridges,' A Writer Resurrects Her Great Grandfather's Memory

10:38am April 21, 2021

by Martha Anne Toll

In 1904, Cassandra Lane's great grandfather Burt Bridges was lynched. In telling his story, Lane offers her own memoir — and lessons on family and American history for her future child and readers.

UVA Initiative Looks At Our Relationship With Statues And Memorials

7:59am April 17, 2021

UVA has launched The Memory Project, an initiative to explore politics and inclusion in how public spaces are used to commemorate the past. NPR's Debbie Elliott talks with director Jalane Schmidt.

National

Virginia Faces Complicated Debate Over Two Confederate Monuments

7:36am April 16, 2021

by Sam Turken

In Virginia, there's a debate underway about what to do with buildings, monuments and roads named after two Confederate generals — because of their support of Black people after the Civil War.

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Books

How A Humble Bookseller Helped Give Rise To The Renaissance

12:43am April 15, 2021

Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Ross King about his new book The Bookseller of Florence, inspired by the history of the "Street of Booksellers" found in Florence, Italy.

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The Stolen John Dillinger Car Comes Home

4:18pm April 12, 2021

by Adam Pinsker

The 1933 Ford Police V-8 stolen by John Dillinger is back at the same jail from which he stole it 87 years ago. An enthusiast tracked down the car in Maine and it was restored to its original form.

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Hideki Matsuyama became the first Japanese man to win a major golf tournament after winning the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday.

Sports

Hideki Matsuyama Wins Masters, Makes History For Japan

1:31pm April 12, 2021

by Dustin Jones

Matsuyama entered the tournament ranked 25th in the world and emerged as the first Japanese person to win a golf major.

African Methodist Episcopal Church Bishop Reginald Jackson announces a boycott of Coca-Cola products outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on March 25 because he said Coca-Cola and other large Georgia companies hadn't done enough to oppose restrict

Politics & Government

MLB's Move Out Of Georgia Is The Latest In A Line Of Political Boycotts

5:00am April 12, 2021

by Domenico Montanaro

Today's boycotts aren't coming out of nowhere. Here's a look at some prominent examples in history and how boycotts got started.

Amanda Williams speaks at TEDWomen 2018: Showing Up, November 28-30, 2018, Palm Springs, California. Photo: Callie Giovanna / TED

Arts

Amanda Williams: How Can Color Bring New Life To Old Houses?

9:12am April 09, 2021

by NPR/TED Staff

Back in 2015, Chicago's Englewood neighborhood was lined with blocks of houses tagged for demolition. Before they were torn down, artist Amanda Williams used color to bring them back to life.

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Health & Safety

The History Of Trans Children In Medicine

6:13pm April 08, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with historian Jules Gill-Peterson about the history of trans children in medicine and why the current slate of local anti-trans legislation is focused on minors.

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