Race

Politics & Government

Revisiting 1968's Democratic National Convention In Chicago

7:19am August 28, 2018

by Don Gonyea

The convention was marred by violent protests and clashes with police that helped to define the unrest that marked the year. The meeting also featured heated political battles inside the hall.

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Arts

Play Gives Woman At The Center Of Emmett Till's Murder Case A Voice

7:19am August 28, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Two friends, one black, one white, produced a short play about Carolyn Bryant, the white woman who accused Emmett Till of whistling at her. Since his murder, racial tensions exist six decades later.

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The Confederate soldier "Silent Sam" statue seen in 2017. Protesters toppled it last week and protesters gathered again on Saturday.

7 Arrested In Protests Over Confederate Statue At UNC Chapel Hill

7:30am August 26, 2018

by James Doubek

Groups supporting and opposing the presence of a statue of a Confederate soldier gathered again on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

News

Seven Arrested In Protest Over Torn-Down Confederate Statue

3:58pm August 25, 2018

by Associated Press

University Charter School's first integrated class poses for a photo.

In A Segregated County, A New Charter School Offers An Alternative

8:13am August 23, 2018

by Sherrel Wheeler Stewart

Only about half of University Charter School's 300-plus students are black. That's a rarity in Sumter County, Ala., which, like many school systems, has struggled to achieve integration.

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A historical commission decided that Confederate monuments at the State Capitol building in Raleigh, including this one recognizing the North Carolina women of the Confederacy, will not be moved.

National

3 North Carolina Confederate Monuments Will Stay In Place, Commission Decides

11:35pm August 22, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

It also recommends at least one monument to be added to the Capitol grounds that highlights the contributions of the state's African American citizens, and new signage on the existing statues.

Gay Pride marchers parade through Manhattan carrying a banner that reads, "A.I.D.S.: We need research, not hysteria!" in June 1983.

Long Before Facebook, The KGB Spread Fake News About AIDS

9:40pm August 22, 2018

by Jasmine Garsd

In the 1980s, the Soviet Union and allies participated in a widespread disinformation campaign: disseminating the theory that HIV, which causes AIDS, had been manufactured by the United States.

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Researchers are trying to understand why black and Latino children are more likely to die of certain cancers.

Why Are Black And Latino Kids More Likely To Die Of Certain Cancers?

7:02pm August 20, 2018

by Erin Blakemore

There's a big survival gap between white and minority children when it comes to some childhood cancers. It turns out growing up in poverty explains a lot of the difference.

Miriam Davoudvandi, 26, is one of many Germans who took to Twitter to share her experiences of racism starting as early as elementary school. Davoudvandi's teachers doubted her language abilities. Today she is the editor-in-chief of a hip-hop magazine and

World News

Minorities In Germany Are Sounding Off Against Racism With #MeTwo Hashtag

1:11pm August 20, 2018

by Esme Nicholson

After a German soccer player of Turkish descent was criticized during the World Cup, other minorities in Germany have been speaking out about racism.

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Books

Robin DiAngelo On White People's 'Fragility'

8:27am August 18, 2018

NPR's Jennifer Ludden talks to author Robin DiAngelo about her latest book, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism.