Race

A field trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., led by Kimberly Grayson, the principal of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College in Denver, inspired some of her students to demand a more inclusive school

Denver School Principal On How Black Students Led Swift Changes To History Curriculum

7:03pm July 10, 2020

Kimberly Grayson took her high schoolers to the African American history museum in D.C. When students pressed their white teachers to take the same trip, a revised history curriculum quickly followed.

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NBCUniversal Head Explains His 50% Diversity Challenge

3:46pm July 10, 2020

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Cesar Conde, chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group, about the 50% challenge he announced for diversifying hiring and training at the news organization.

National

Why Memes Around Breonna Taylor's Death Are Not Doing Her Story Any Justice

3:46pm July 10, 2020

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with pop culture critic Cate Young about the proliferation of memes around Breonna Taylor's death and how many disregard Taylor and her story.

Sports

University Of Notre Dame Hires First Black Woman Head Coach

1:00pm July 10, 2020

Once the new college basketball season begins, Niele Ivey will take the court as The University of Notre Dame's head coach of its women's team, the school's first Black woman head coach in any sport.

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Supreme Court Ruling Has Big Implications For Native American Sovereignty

10:11am July 10, 2020

by Allison Herrera

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that a huge area of eastern Oklahoma is a Native American reservation was applauded by tribes, but government officials say it could cause confusion in the legal system.

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Historian and Preservationist Brent Leggs guides host Manoush Zomorodi through the A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, Alabama. The motel stood at the center of several significant chapters of the Civil Rights movement.

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Brent Leggs: How Can Seeing Black History As American History Begin To Make Amends?

8:09am July 10, 2020

by NPR/TED STAFF

How can we make amends for the atrocities of slavery and segregation? Historian and preservationist Brent Leggs discusses one step in confronting the past: preserving African American historic sites.

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Harvard law professor Martha Minow speaks from the TED stage.

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Martha Minow: How Can Restorative Justice Create A More Equitable Legal System?

8:09am July 10, 2020

by NPR/TED STAFF

Our justice system is flawed and inequitable, says Harvard law professor Martha Minow. She calls for a reset to emphasize accountability, apology, and service, rather than punitive punishment.

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Sports

Sports Teams Consider Changing Team Names Amid Racial Reckoning

5:47am July 10, 2020

by Frank Morris

As racial justice reckoning occurs across the country, a number of professional sports teams are feeling pressure to change their names that are viewed by some as deeply offensive.

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A makeshift memorial is pictured after a Juneteenth demonstration in Palmdale, Calif., at the tree where Robert Fuller was found dead.

National

Death Of Robert Fuller, Who Was Found Hanging From Tree, Ruled Suicide

9:09pm July 09, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Fuller's death on June 10 was initially ruled a suicide, but that conclusion outraged his family, who insisted that he would not take his own life.

Pirette McKamey has spent more than three decades as an educator. Currently the principal at Mission High School in San Francisco, McKamey says being an anti-racist educator means committing to "all of the students sitting in front of me, including Black

Education

Veteran Educator On The Endless But 'Joyful' Work Of Creating Anti-Racist Education

6:53pm July 09, 2020

Pirette McKamey, the principal at Mission High School in San Francisco, says anti-racist education "makes you want to keep growing and changing and doing better by your students."

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