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Workers remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va.

Charlottesville Removes Robert E. Lee Statue That Sparked A Deadly Rally

3:50pm July 10, 2021

by Ben Paviour

The Virginia city took down statues of Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, toppling symbols that were at the center of the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017.

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Confederate Statues In Charlottesville Removed Four Years After Deadly Rally

7:36am July 10, 2021

by Ben Paviour

The city of Charlottesville removes two Confederate statues that made national headlines in 2017 during the "Unite The Right" rally.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Jeannie Santiago attend the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall. Playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson will both star in his own one-man play, "Lackawanna Blues" and direct "Skeleton Crew" this year.

Arts

Broadway Is Reopening This Fall, And Every New Play Is By A Black Writer

7:00am July 10, 2021

by Josie Fischels

Seven new work by Black playwrights are scheduled to make their Broadway debut in 2021; Five of these writers are set to see their work performed on the Broadway stage for the very first time.

Maricopa County constable Darlene Martinez evicts a tenant on October 7, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. Thousands of court-ordered evictions continue nationwide despite a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) moratorium for renters impacted by the coronavirus pand

National

Eviction Prevention Programs Are Racing Against A Moratorium Clock

10:08am July 09, 2021

by Pam Fessler

The Alexandria Eviction Prevention Partnership in Northern Virginia is one of the divergent programs meant to help fight off evictions.

Education

Nikole Hannah-Jones And Ta-Nehisi Coates To Join Howard University Faculty

5:00am July 09, 2021

After some controversy, Nikole Hannah-Jones declined a position at UNC and will instead join Ta-Nehisi Coates at Howard University. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Coates about their new roles.

Joy Banner at the Fee-Fo-Lay Cafe in Wallace, La., on Juneteenth. Her community is mobilizing to fight the grain silo complex that could be built on their fence line.

Environment

Descendants Of Slaves Say This Proposed Grain Complex Will Destroy The Community

7:23pm July 07, 2021

A bitter fight is ongoing between powerful backers of a giant terminal on the Mississippi River and residents of the historic Black town of Wallace, La., who say this is environmental racism.

ESPN Reporter Rachel Nichols Has Been Removed After Her Phone Conversation Leak

4:41pm July 07, 2021

by Tom Goldman

ESPN finds itself as part of the media story during this year's NBA Finals. The network replaced sideline reporter Rachel Nichols when critical comments she made about a Black colleague came to light.

A statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., pictured here in 2014, was vandalized in Long Beach, Calif.

National

An MLK Jr. Statue Was Vandalized With Graffiti, Prompting A Hate Crime Investigation

4:10pm July 07, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

A statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in a park in Southern California was vandalized with racist images. Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia called the graffiti "horrific."

Nikole Hannah-Jones Has Chosen Howard, Not UNC-Chapel Hill, For Tenure

6:31pm July 06, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dawna Jones, Carolina Black Caucus chair, and Taliajah Vann, president of the Black Student Movement at UNC-Chapel Hill, about Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure decision.

Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, seen here in 2019, also will join the faculty of Howard University.

After Tenure Controversy, Nikole Hannah-Jones Will Join Howard Faculty Instead Of UNC

1:06pm July 06, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

The news is a blow to UNC, which had its reputation damaged by its trustees' initial reluctance to grant tenure to Hannah-Jones. Howard also announced writer Ta-Nehisi Coates will join its faculty.