Race

National

Descendants of enslaved people on S.C. island band together to stop a developer

5:10am August 03, 2023

by Victoria Hansen

Residents of St. Helena Island in South Carolina aim to keep a golf course from being developed. They want to protect the culture of the Gullah Geechee people who live there.

Music & Culture

Linguist John McWhorter views American music through a wide lens

5:01am August 03, 2023

by Lara Downes

The Columbia University professor and New York Times columnist traces the intersecting lines of race and music in American history.

Supporters cheer as Vice President Harris addresses the 20th Quadrennial Convention of the Women's Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church on Tuesday in Orlando.

Harris says she won't debate DeSantis on new Black history standards in Florida

11:53am August 02, 2023

by Deepa Shivaram

In Orlando, Vice President Harris rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis' invitation for a discussion about the state's new curriculum on slavery, calling it an "unnecessary" debate.

Henrietta Lacks' family settles with a biotech company that used her cells

5:28pm August 01, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with science journalist and author Rebecca Skloot about Henrietta Lacks, whose family just settled with a biotech company that used her cancer cells without consent.

National

Cultivating the next generation of Black farmers in Mississippi

5:40pm July 28, 2023

by Danny McArthur

Black farmers make up a small, aging part of the farming population. Some worry traditions may die with them. So there's an effort in Mississippi to cultivate the next generation of Black farmers.

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Delegates gather to vote on policy platforms at the NAACP's 114th annual convention

4:49am July 28, 2023

The 114th annual NAACP convention is underway in Boston with the theme "thriving together." Delegates from the nation's largest civil rights organization are gathering to vote on policy platforms.

Eatonville residents criticize efforts to limit how Black history is taught in Florida

10:26am July 27, 2023

by Michel Martin

How do keepers of Black history in Florida see changes to how Black history will be taught there? NPR talks with N.Y. Nathiri of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community.

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William Allen, who helped write Florida's new history standards, stands by curriculum

10:24am July 27, 2023

by Steve Inskeep

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to William Allen, who helped write Florida's new K-12 social studies curriculum, which is getting a lot of criticism for its portrayal of African American history.

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Texas A&M University has come under fire for suspending and then investigating a professor who spoke critically of Texas Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick during a lecture on the opioid crisis last March.

A Texas A&M professor was suspended for allegedly criticizing lieutenant governor

3:30pm July 26, 2023

by Dustin Jones

Joy Alonzo was suspended and investigated after she allegedly criticized Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at a lecture on the opioid crisis. Free speech advocates call the probe "blatantly inappropriate."

The journey for the Emmitt Till and Mamie Till-Mobley national monuments

4:35pm July 25, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with executive director Patrick Weems on the announcement of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument.