Race

National

Georgia Congressman Explains How The Relief Bill Will Aid Farmers Of Color

4:23pm March 10, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews Democratic Rep. David Scott of Georgia, who chairs the Committee on Agriculture, about aid for farmers of color in the relief bill.

Health & Safety

Twice As Many White Alabamans Are Getting COVID-19 Vaccinations Than Black Alabamans

4:23pm March 10, 2021

NPR's Ari Shaprio talks with Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson about how twice as many white Alabamans are getting COVID-19 vaccinations as Black Alabamans. Birmingham is a case in point.

Health & Safety

Racism In Medicine Casts A Pall Over COVID-19 Vaccinations

1:15pm March 10, 2021

by Gene Demby

A big challenge for public health officials has been the skepticism many Black Americans have toward COVID-19 vaccines. One notorious medical study has been cited as the reason.

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Attorney Ben Crump speaks during a press conference at the site where George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis. Crump has represented numerous families of people killed by police.

National

George Floyd Family Lawyer Ben Crump: Trial Is A Chance For Justice

6:41pm March 09, 2021

by Audie Cornish

Ben Crump has long represented families of Black people killed by police. Crump says accountability is one thing, but "justice would be them still here with us living."

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A British newspaper flutters in the wind outside Buckingham Palace in London the day after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's interview with Oprah Winfrey.

World News

Buckingham Palace Responds To Allegations In Harry And Meghan's Oprah Interview

6:13pm March 09, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

"The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning," said a statement released on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II. "While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously."

'Black America's Attorney General' Represents Families Of People Killed By Police

4:34pm March 09, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about his career of representing families of people who had been killed by police officers.

Education

Committee Deems 'Eyes Of Texas' Not 'Overtly Racist'

4:34pm March 09, 2021

by Jimmy Maas

A long-awaited report on the University of Texas' alma mater has found the song is not "overtly racist." "Eyes of Texas," played before and after football games, has roiled the campus the past year.

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Robin Witherspoon holds up her Sumner High School senior yearbook from 1981. Alumni like Witherspoon are fighting to keep the historic school open.

National

St. Louis' Sumner High Facing Possible Closure; Tina Turner, Others Attended

3:52pm March 09, 2021

by Ryan Delaney

Sumner High School, founded in 1875, may face closure. It's graduated folks such as Tina Turner and Chuck Berry, as well as comedian Dick Gregory. Several Tuskegee Airmen also attended the school.

A screenshot from Minnesota Public Radio's live Facebook video feed of jury selection in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

National

George Floyd Case: Jury Selection Begins In Derek Chauvin's Trial

3:40pm March 09, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The first potential juror said she's seen the video in which Chauvin holds Floyd down as Floyd says he can't breathe. "That's not fair, because we are humans, you know?" she said.

A 9-Year-Old Girl, Pepper-Sprayed: Experts Breakdown What Went Wrong | NPR

National

What Went Wrong: Analysis Of Police Handcuffing, Pepper-Spraying 9-Year-Old Girl

1:55pm March 09, 2021

Experts review Rochester, N.Y., police body camera video of a recent encounter of white officers with a Black girl in distress. She was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed in a squad car.