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Vice President Harris (center) marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 6, 2022, in Selma, Ala., to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

It's Black History Month. Here are 3 things to know about the annual celebration

5:26am February 01, 2023

by Scott Neuman

The annual celebration started out in 1926 as Negro History Week and expanded to Black History Month in the 1970s. This year's theme is "Black Resistance."

The story behind the man responsible for Black History Month

5:06am February 01, 2023

The white and Black descendents of Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History and founder of Black History Month, come together to heal their past.

Doug Williams talks this historic Super Bowl matchup of two Black quarterbacks

6:27pm January 31, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with former NFL star Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to start in the Super Bowl, about the first Super Bowl to feature two Black quarterbacks.

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Encore: Group of Black residents is suing Portland for displacement from their homes

5:32pm January 31, 2023

by Katia Riddle

A group of Black residents in Portland, Ore., is suing the city and a hospital for displacing them more than 50 years ago. They say an urban renewal plan amounted to confiscation of their homes.

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An Indiana University student was less than a mile away from the Bloomington campus when she was attacked in broad daylight in what local officials called a "racially motivated attack."

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The Indiana University victim of an alleged anti-Asian attack is out of the hospital

1:04pm January 30, 2023

by Juliana Kim

The 18-year-old victim was attacked on a bus in Bloomington, Ind., in early January. The victim is out of the hospital but still recovering, while an insanity defense has been filed by the assailant.

Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson on Tyre Nichols killing

6:06pm January 29, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson about the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.

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A Memphis congregation mourns Tyre Nichols

5:08pm January 29, 2023

by Michel Martin

We hear how the community is grappling with the police killing of Tyre Nichols.

Protesters march through downtown Memphis in response to the death of Tyre Nichols earlier this month. Video footage of Nichols being arrested and beaten by police was released to the public on Friday.

National

Memphis deactivates the unit that fatally beat Tyre Nichols, as officials urge reform

1:10pm January 29, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The city's police department has disbanded the so-called SCORPION unit whose officers beat Nichols. Democratic lawmakers in Tennessee say they'll introduce new criminal justice legislation.

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As the death of Tyre Nichols brings up old wounds, Memphis residents call for change

7:57am January 29, 2023

by Debbie Elliott

Memphis residents are calling for change within the police department following the death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop. For some, his killing has prompted painful memories of the past.

Health & Safety

How Black people can cope with the trauma of witnessing repeated death and violence against them

7:57am January 29, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia about coping with the trauma Black people may feel after horrific events like the killing of Tyre Nichols.