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Detroit Postcard: Empty Promises Post Rebellion

5:27pm July 22, 2017

by April Van Buren

Pat Watts of Detroit was 16 years old during the uprising of 1967. She reflects on the fears she felt at that time. What started as a rebellion for equality became unfulfilled promises by leaders.

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Before 'The Blind Pig' Raid, What Sparked The Detroit Uprising

5:27pm July 22, 2017

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Congressman John Conyers Jr. about his role in the 1967 Detroit Uprising, and what its legacy on the city is today.

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Barbershop: The Ghosts Of Detroit's Past

5:27pm July 22, 2017

Journalists Lester Graham and Rochelle Riley, along with Detroit's chief storyteller Aaron Foley, join host Michel Martin to break down the story of Detroit's renewal, decades after the 1967 uprising.

Bigelow's new film, Detroit, depicts the beginning of the Detroit riots and one of their most horrifying events.

Kathryn Bigelow's 'Detroit' Revisits An American Tragedy: The Algiers Motel Incident

5:27pm July 22, 2017

by Michel Martin

During the Detroit riots, three young black men were killed by white police officers at the Algiers Motel. The year was 1967, but Bigelow says, "It feels very much like it's today."

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After Supreme Court Decision, People Race To Trademark Racially Offensive Words

4:27pm July 21, 2017

by Ailsa Chang

Racially offensive trademark applications are piling up at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The Supreme Court decided last month the federal government couldn't ban trademarks simply because they're disparaging. NPR's Planet Money team talks to some of the people trying to trademark racial slurs.

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News Brief: GOP Presses On With Health Bill; NAACP Gathers For Convention

8:50am July 21, 2017

We examine what options Senate Republicans have left if they want to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. The country's oldest civil rights organization, the NAACP, is looking for a new leader.

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A Century After Its Founding, NAACP Strives To Stay Relevant

8:11am July 21, 2017

by Hansi Lo Wang

In the age of Black Lives Matter, some young activists have been questioning whether the nation's oldest civil rights group still has significance. The NAACP is meeting in Baltimore, Md.

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A vintage postcard from the Peach Tree State. Georgia isn't the biggest producer of the pink-orange fruit. So why are its peaches so iconic? The answer has a lot to do with slavery — its end and a need for the South to rebrand itself.

The Un-Pretty History Of Georgia's Iconic Peach

8:00am July 21, 2017

by Tove Danovich

The state isn't the biggest producer of the pink-orange fruit. So why are Georgia peaches so iconic? The answer has a lot to do with slavery — its end and a need for the South to rebrand itself.

Murder defendant O.J. Simpson grimaces in July 1995 as he tries on one of the leather gloves prosecutors say he wore the night his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered. The trial transfixed the nation with a tale of a football hero

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With Parole, A New Round Of O.J. Obsession Begins

7:29am July 21, 2017

by Eric Deggans

The athlete, celebrity and murder suspect was the focus of an intensely covered trial, and two recent TV series that set him at the center of America's diciest topics: race, wealth, justice and fame.

50 Years On, Sen. Fred Harris Remembers Great Hostility During 1967 Race Riots

4:56pm July 20, 2017

1967 was a volatile year, as riots erupted across the country as a result of deep racial segregation between blacks and whites. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with former Oklahoma Democratic Sen. Fred Harris. Harris is the last living member of the original Kerner Commission, which was formed under President Johnson to investigate why the riots occurred and what can be done to prevent rioting in the future. The conclusions of the report drew backlash from many, including President Johnson.

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