One of the first Black teachers at a mostly white school recounts her challenges
We hear from a Black teacher who helped integrate a mostly white public school in Punta Gorda, Florida in 1970.
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The anti-racist Mormon trying to teach his fellow LDS church members
James Jones is a Black Mormon who is using his church's theology to teach anti-racist principles to fellow church members.
A look back at Oscar nominee Angela Bassett's long, distinguished career
Angela Bassett has been nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. It's a landmark in a long, distinguished career that began in the 1980s.
'All American' showrunner is a rarity in Hollywood: A Black woman in charge
Nkechi Okoro Carroll is not a unicorn — but as one of the few very successful Black woman showrunners in television, she does stand out
A visit to Nikki Haley's hometown — where division 'still exists'
Nikki Haley paints her hometown as a place where race was a reality, but not a limitation. But residents say some racial divisions still exist.
In 2022, Black farmers were persistently left behind from the USDA's loan system
An NPR data analysis shows Black farmers were accepted for USDA direct loans at a lower rate than other racial groups in 2022. Direct loans are supposed to be among the easiest for farmers to get.
1 side owned slaves. The other side started Black History Month. How a family heals
In the U.S., what does it mean when a white family and a Black family share a last name — and one of their ancestors is a pioneer of Black history? How Black and white Woodsons became one family.
A teacher in Virginia highlights the joyous sides of the African American experience
One teacher in Virginia is making sure Black History Month reflects some of the more joyous sides of the African American experience in this country.
Fisk University is the first HBCU to have a women's intercollegiate gymnastics team
Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn., is the first historically Black university to have a women's intercollegiate gymnastics team. The 16-member team is in its first season.
A white Louisiana police officer is charged with killing an unarmed Black man
After reviewing evidence and bodycam footage, state troopers charged Shreveport Police Officer Alexander Tyler, 23, with negligent homicide in the Feb. 3 shooting death of Alonzo Bagley, 43.