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National

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Pledge To Fight Racism Starts With 'National Day Of Racial Healing'

6:04pm January 07, 2018

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has dedicated itself to "ending structural racism." NPR's Michel Martin talks to the company president and CEO La June Montgomery Tabron about the foundation's initiatives.

President Trump walks from the Oval Office to speak with members of the press just before departing the White House to spend the weekend Camp David.

President Trump 'So Happy' Black Unemployment Rate At A Historic Low

11:33pm January 06, 2018

by Brakkton Booker

Trump boasted about unemployment for African-Americans hitting a record low of 6.8 percent in December, the lowest rate for that group since the government began tracking data in the early 1970s.

ESPN columnist Jemele Hill attends ESPN The Party on Feb. 5, 2016 in San Francisco.

ESPN's Jemele Hill On Race, Football And That Tweet About Trump

9:17am January 04, 2018

by Gene Demby

The SportsCenter anchor discusses becoming a lightning rod in the culture wars and the flimsy partition between politics and sports.

News

LeRoy Frasier, Who Helped Integrate UNC Chapel Hill, Dies At 80

11:01am January 03, 2018

by Associated Press

LeRoy Frasier, who along with his brother and another high school student was among the first African-American undergraduate students to successfully challenge racial segregation at North Carolina'

National

Remembering Anti-Police Brutality Activist Erica Garner, Who Died At 27

8:22am January 02, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to Kirsten West Savali, who writes for the online magazine The Root and knew Erica Garner. Garner's life was transformed by the death of her father at the hands of the NYPD.

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In 2014, Erica Garner led a protest march in New York City after a grand jury decided not to indict a police officer involved in the death of her father, Eric Garner.

Erica Garner, Who Became An Activist After Her Father's Death, Dies

10:59am December 30, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

She became a prominent figure calling for an end to police brutality after New York City officers put her father in a fatal chokehold. She suffered brain damage following a heart attack.

Science

Board Games To Fight Bias

8:02am December 30, 2017

by Maanvi Singh

Can a game help reduce a person's racial and ethnic biases? One researcher says yes. But how long the effect will last is an open question.

A graphic representing some of Fresh Air's most popular stories of 2017.

The 10 Most Popular 'Fresh Air' Interviews Of 2017

1:41pm December 29, 2017

In 2017, Fresh Air marked 30 years as a nationally syndicated, daily radio program by doing what it does best: more in-depth interviews.

Sherrilyn Ifill: 'Black Voters In Alabama Mattered'

8:15am December 28, 2017

Noel King talks to NAACP Legal Defense Fund President Sherrilyn Ifill, who revisits her op-ed on the impact African-American voters had on the Alabama Senate race, and what it might mean for 2018.

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The New Orleans Saints kneel before the playing of the national anthem before the game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Oct. 22.

Louisiana Lawmaker Threatens Saints' Tax Breaks After Anthem Protests

12:15pm December 24, 2017

by Debbie Elliott

State Rep. Kenny Havard wants to eliminate tax breaks and other state funding for the New Orleans Saints NFL franchise after some players joined the pregame national anthem protests.

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