Race

Matt Reeves, a former employee of Montpelier who was fired this week, pictured outside of the historic Gilmore cabin at Montpelier.

National

Montpelier's fight with descendants of the enslaved brings employee firings

2:53pm April 20, 2022

by Alana Wise

Problems at Montpelier, years in the making, reached a boiling point this week when a number of employees who had supported descendants of the enslaved were fired.

Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross in the series finale episode of Black-ish, "Homegoing."

Arts

The legacy of ABC's 'Black-ish': Presenting a Black TV family that isn't a monolith

6:35pm April 19, 2022

by Eric Deggans

The sitcom ends Tuesday after eight seasons.

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Patrick Lyoya's mother Dorcas Lyoya sheds tears during a news conference at the Renaissance Church of God in Christ Family Life Center in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Thursday.

National

An autopsy shows Patrick Lyoya was shot in the back of the head by a Michigan cop

3:10pm April 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

The finding by a former medical examiner matches what was seen last week on video released by the Grand Rapids police chief. The official autopsy report hasn't been released to the public.

National

Social justice groups' monuments are a counternarrative to Confederate memorials

5:20am April 19, 2022

by Debbie Elliott

Two new monuments in Montgomery, Ala., are meant to provoke racial reckoning in public spaces. The creators hope they can serve as a counternarrative to monuments intended to glorify the Old South.

Urban League CEO on how 2022 State of Black America report findings impact midterms

4:26pm April 18, 2022

NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with Marc Morial, the National Urban League's president and CEO, about the civil rights organization's semi-annual State of Black America Report.

Sports

Black wrestlers are having their moment

8:29am April 17, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to wrestling columnist Alfred Konuwa about the surge in Black professional wrestlers.

Terrence Floyd speaks during a news conference during the unveiling of three sculptures as part of the "SEEINJUSTICE" art exhibition that feature the likenesses of his brother George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and John Lewis, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, at Unio

9,000 digital art NFTs are being released to raise funds in George Floyd's memory

8:31am April 15, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

In the fight to get justice for his brother's murder, Terrence Floyd has turned to the unlikeliest corners to do just that: NFTs — or non-fungible tokens.

How Jackie Robinson inspired one man 'to be somebody'

7:38am April 15, 2022

by Jarrod Sport

It's been 75 years since Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier. In this week's StoryCorps, we hear from a man who watched him play.

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National

Demonstrators call for the arrest of cop who killed an unarmed Black man in Michigan

4:56pm April 14, 2022

by Dustin Dwyer, Michigan Radio

More demonstrations are planned in Grand Rapids, Mich., after the city released video of a white police officer shooting and killing a Black resident during a struggle after a traffic stop.

Vehicles are parked outside the Tesla plant in Fremont, Calif., on May 12, 2020. A federal judge has slashed the award to a Black former contract worker over claims that he was subjected to racial discrimination at the factory.

National

Judge cuts the payout in a Black former Tesla contractor's racial discrimination suit

2:08pm April 14, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

A federal judge has slashed the award to Owen Diaz over claims that he was subjected to racial discrimination at work to $15 million. A jury had ordered the automaker to pay Diaz $137 million.