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Frederick Douglass biographer traces the rise of a legendary abolitionist and orator

1:33pm February 25, 2022

by Dave Davies

David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography traced Douglass' path from slavery to abolitionist and inspired HBO's documentary, Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches. Originally broadcast in 2018.

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Colin Kaepernick, co-creator of the Netflix dramatic limited series, Colin in Black and White, attends the series premiere on Oct. 28, 2021. The former NFL quarterback has launched an initiative to offer free second autopsies in police-related deaths.

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Colin Kaepernick launches new initiative to offer autopsies for police-related deaths

12:13pm February 24, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The new initiative will eliminate concerns from the first autopsy, ensure that it was conducted without any biases or errors.

Authors Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson say it's important to be honest with children about the history of race and slavery in America.

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'Born on the Water' gives Black children in America their origin story

5:00am February 24, 2022

by Jason Fuller

Authors Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renée Watson discuss the importance of teaching young people about the history of slavery and racism in America with honesty and respect.

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The race-shifting of 'Pretendians'

5:40pm February 23, 2022

by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler

The number of people who identify as Native American on the U.S. Census has soared in recent years, which raises a lot of concerns in Native communities about people falsely claiming Native identity.

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A police vehicle sits in front of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, on Jan. 16, the day after a gunman took worshippers hostage at the synagogue. Colleyville is among dozens of U.S. cities dealing with the distribution of antisemitic flyers

Colleyville, Texas, is among dozens of U.S. cities blanketed with antisemitic flyers

5:13pm February 23, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Police are investigating the distribution of antisemitic flyers just a month after a gunman took worshippers hostage in a synagogue. Similar materials have been dropped in driveways across the U.S.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland speaks with reporters about visiting several communities and sites in Mississippi to honor individuals and events that advanced the Civil Rights Movement.

The U.S. looks to replace a derogatory name used hundreds of times on federal lands

4:30pm February 23, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

The Department of the Interior wants the public to comment on name replacements for the more than 660 geographic features that contain a racial slur referring to Native Americans.

Brett Hankison (left) exits the courtroom after the first day of jury selection in his trial on Feb. 8, in Louisville, Ky. Hankison is on trial for allegedly firing shots into the apartment next door to Breonna Taylor's the night she was killed.

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Trial begins for a former officer charged in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor

2:06pm February 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

Brett Hankison fired 10 shots near a side door during the 2020 raid in Louisville, Ky., but none hit Breonna Taylor. Prosecutors say the bullets endangered her neighbors — a couple and their child.

A painting of Ahmaud Arbery is displayed during a vigil at New Springfield Baptist Church on Wednesday in Waynesboro, Ga.

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Georgia marks statewide 'Ahmaud Arbery Day' to honor the slain jogger

11:50am February 23, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

This year's anniversary of Arbery's death comes one day after his three convicted killers, who are white, were found guilty of targeting Arbery because of his race in a federal hate crimes trial.

Wyoming Indian Boys basketball team huddle up before heading out to face the Greybull Buffalo.

This reservation has Wyoming's strictest COVID-19 rules. Student athletes are glad

11:22am February 23, 2022

by Taylar Stagner

Basketball players on the Wind River Reservation say masks keep them healthy and on the court. They're thankful the mandates won't be lifted anytime soon.

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Jury to consider the fate of 3 ex-officers in George Floyd civil rights trial

5:09am February 23, 2022

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Rashawn Ray of the Brookings Institution, about the trial nearing an end for three ex-police officers charged with violating George Floyd's civil rights.