A Brief, Weird History Of Squashed Asian-American TV Shows
With Fresh Off The Boat making waves, we look back at a colorful crop of shows with Asian-American leads that most of us have forgotten.
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An Unlikely Alliance Fights HIV In The Bronx's Afro-Honduran Diaspora
Thousands of Garifuna people — Hondurans of African descent — live in New York City. A doctor there is reaching out to Garifuna faith healers to test and treat members of that community who have HIV.
Millennials Rewrite The Census For A Better Sense Of Selfie
Millennials are the largest and most diverse generation in American history. Some 18- to 34-year-olds say the act of taking a selfie for the #NPRCensus taught them more about themselves — and others.
Sundance Festival Opens Doors For Minority Filmmakers
The festival has become a launching pad for emerging filmmakers of color who face challenges in historically white, male-dominated Hollywood.
In 'Selma,' British Actor Brings Outsider's Perspective To MLK
David Oyelowo talks about playing Martin Luther King Jr. in the Oscar-nominated film Selma — as well as the LBJ controversy, slavery and how he learned about what it's like to be black in America.
ABC Tones Down Author's 'Fresh Off The Boat' For Sitcom Audience
ABC will break an important boundary in television Wednesday night with the debut of Fresh Off the Boat. It's the first network sitcom in two decades to star an Asian-American family.
Lots Of Confusion Over Teacher Firings At Howard University Middle School
Parents and students say the teachers were fired for teaching black history. The NAACP says otherwise.
'Fresh Off The Boat' Repackages The Asian-American Story For TV
The TV show, based on Eddie Huang's memoir, retains some of the book's raw sensibility, but as he tells it, it's been a fight to keep his life's story from becoming a "cornstarch sitcom."
Journalist Jorge Ramos Takes On Obama, Republicans
Often called the Walter Cronkite of Latino America, Univision anchor Jorge Ramos could play a big role in the 2016 presidential elections.
Amiri Baraka Didn't Worry About His Politics Overpowering His Poetry
"The real hallmark of an effective political artist is that the politics is accepted with the art," said Baraka. A new career-spanning anthology collects his work from 1961 to 2013. He died in 2014.