Race

National

A county that once barred Black people holds a town that was a safe haven for them

5:22pm September 28, 2022

by Kyra Miles

When Cullman County, Ala., was founded in 1873, it was advertised as a place with "No Blacks and No Indians." But one of the oldest communities in Cullman County was a safe haven for Black people.

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Cherokee Nation campaigns for a U.S. House seat

4:57pm September 28, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Kim Teehee, the Cherokee Nation's Delegate-Designee, about the Cherokee Nation's campaign to seat her in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Nataki Garrett stands inside the Allen Elizabethan Theatre in Ashland, Ore. She recently programmed her first full season but not everyone has embraced her new approach.

Arts

Oregon Shakespeare Festival focuses on expansion – but is not without its critics

4:35pm September 28, 2022

by Bilal Qureshi

After two years of pandemic closures, audiences are back at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, to find a season of diverse plays. But for many, change has come too soon.

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Albert Pujols is the first Latino major leaguer to hit 700 homeruns

5:54pm September 27, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jorge Castillo from The LA Times about Albert Pujols hitting 700 career home runs and its significance to the Latino community.

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National

Wrongful convictions disproportionately affect Black Americans, report shows

5:30pm September 27, 2022

by Alana Wise

The Exonerations Report has some disturbing numbers on the rate of exonerations. Black people represent 13.6% of the population, but account for 53% of 3,200 exonerations in the Registry as of Aug. 8.

National

Black prison exonerees outpace white counterparts, study says

5:02pm September 27, 2022

by Alana Wise

Black Americans are seven times more likely to be victims of police misconduct in high-ranking crimes, such as murder, sexual assault and drug crimes, says the National Registry of Exonerations.

Books
Arts

Law professor unearths cases of racial violence from the Jim Crow era

1:24pm September 27, 2022

by Dave Davies

In her new book, By Hands Now Known, Margaret Burnham reports on little-known cases of racial violence in the Jim Crow era, including crimes that went unreported and murderers who were never punished.

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A group shot of Freedom House paramedics.

At Freedom House, these Black men saved lives. Paramedics are book topic

6:00am September 27, 2022

by Bill O'Driscoll

These Black men saved lives a half-century ago. A new book highlights their successes and the challenges they had to face. Some now want to make sure that memory is not forgotten.

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A Mississippi man is facing a hate crime charge and arson violations after he allegedly burned a cross in his front yard to threaten a Black family.

National

A Mississippi man burned a cross in a hate crime, the U.S. Justice Department alleges

5:00am September 27, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The 23-year-old suspect burned the cross in front of his Black neighbors because of their race, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

A family that speaks Yuchi at home faces pushback from outsiders and tribal members

8:58pm September 26, 2022

by Laurel Morales

Halay Turning Heart speaks only Yuchi to her three children. She's one of only a few fluent speakers of the Native American language. But she faces pushback from both outsiders and her own family.

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