Race

An exonerated 'Central Park Five' member will win a seat on the New York City Council

4:29pm November 07, 2023

by The Associated Press

Yusef Salaam was one of five Black and Latino teens who were wrongly imprisoned for raping a jogger in 1989 before their convictions were overturned in 2002.

National

The last army base named for a Confederate general is now called Fort Eisenhower

6:28pm November 06, 2023

by Jay Price

The last army base once named for Confederate general, Fort Gordon in Georgia, is now Fort Eisenhower. It's a major milestone in reversing decades of propaganda surrounding the Confederate cause.

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Arts

Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum hosts a retrospective of Simone Leigh's work

7:35am November 06, 2023

by Olivia Hampton

Simone Leigh is the first Black woman to represent the U.S. at the prestigious Venice Biennale. Selections of her work can be seen at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.

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Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to U.S. Congress was running for president in 1972 when she had a remarkable interaction with the pro-segregation George Wallace, then governor of Alabama. Her efforts to build bridges with him ultimately changed his point of view. She's pictured here giving a speech at Laney Community College during her presidential campaign.

Lessons from brain science — and history's peacemakers — for resolving conflicts

6:00am November 04, 2023

by Yuki Noguchi

Humans instinctually forge loyalties to groups to survive. Being aware of these impulses can help us deescalate arguments and find common ground. Some notable leaders in history show us how it's done.

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Jeff Yang's new book is a 'cheer out loud' for the films that made Asian America

4:51pm November 03, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with authors Jeff Chang and Preeti Chhibber about The Golden Screen: The Movies that Made Asian America. The book looks at films that have shaped Asian American identities.

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Baritone Will Liverman stars in X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X at New York's Metropolitan Opera.

Malcolm X arrives — finally — at New York's Metropolitan Opera

10:37am November 03, 2023

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

An opera about civil rights leader Malcolm X opens Friday — nearly 40 years after X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X premiered. The creative team says its message feels more relevant than ever.

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'Rustin' tells the story of the man who helped make the March on Washington possible

4:28pm November 02, 2023

by Bob Mondello

George C. Wolfe's biopic chronicles the work of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin in planning an executing the historic 1963 March on Washington.

A United Airlines jetliner lifts off from a runway at Denver International Airport on June 10, 2020, in Denver. Two United Airlines flight attendants have filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging they were excluded from working charter flights for the Los Angeles Dodgers because of their race, age, religion and appearance.

2 flight attendants sue United Airlines for discrimination on Dodgers charter flights

6:32pm November 01, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

Dawn Todd and Darby Quezada had spent more than a decade trying to join the airline's program that staffs the Los Angeles Dodgers' flights.

These American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove human monikers

10:33am November 01, 2023

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The official naming organization for birds in the U. S. is making a bold move, after concerns were raised about birds being named after people with questionable histories.

A new book tells the life story of screen-and-song legend Lena Horne

5:11am October 31, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Donald Bogle about his book Lena Horne: Goddess Reclaimed. She was a pioneering star of stage and screen in the 1940s, at a time when Hollywood was loathe to show either.