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Bringing diversity to Maine's nearly all-white lobster fleet

4:44pm September 15, 2022

by Fred Bever

Many of the workers in Maine's lobster processing industry are people of color, but lobstermen are almost all white. A new program is aiming to diversify the state's lobster fleet.

The revamped tour of Virginia's executive mansion doesn't mention slavery

5:08am September 15, 2022

by Ben Paviour

Before Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin was elected, years of work went into updating the executive mansion tour to include the lives of enslaved people. His redesigned tour doesn't recognize slavery.

John Leguizamo (left), Rita Moreno, Dolores del Rio, Katy Jurado, Edward James Olmos and Ariana DeBose (top) are Hollywood legends.

Latino legends helped pave the way in Hollywood, but the road is still rocky

5:08am September 15, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

Latinos have been part of Hollywood since the silent film era but are still underrepresented in front of and behind the camera.

Lisa McNair holds her memoir Dear Denise: Letters to the Sister I Never Knew, recounting growing up in Birmingham, Ala., after her sister Denise and three other Black girls were murdered in the Ku Klux Klan bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church.

Her sister was killed in the Birmingham church bombing. A new book tells their story

6:30pm September 14, 2022

In a new memoir, Lisa McNair recounts growing up in Birmingham, Ala., after her sister Denise and three other Black girls were murdered in the 1963 Ku Klux Klan bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church.

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Alaska Natives celebrate historic first in Congress

4:43pm September 14, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Nathan McCowan, chair of the Alaska Native Village Corporation Association, on the election of Mary Peltola to Congress.

Brigham Young University's athletics department says it "sincerely apologizes" to the fan who was banned for allegedly yelling racist slurs at volleyball players from visiting Duke University.

BYU apologizes to a banned fan, saying it found no proof they yelled racial slurs

2:21pm September 14, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Brigham Young University says it found no evidence of racial heckling of Black volleyball players during a game against Duke University. Duke's top athletics official says she stands by her players.

Dozens of parents of young Black girls are posting videos across social media of their children's reactions to the newly released trailer of Disney's live action "Little Mermaid" starring Halle Bailey as Ariel.

Halle Bailey's 'Little Mermaid' is already making waves among young Black girls

1:14pm September 14, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Social media has been filled with videos of Black children watching the teaser of the trailer for the new Little Mermaid movie, which stars Bailey.

Ideas that make up critical race theory have been around long before it got its name

5:07am September 13, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Kimberle Crenshaw, who coined the term "critical race theory," about anti-racism and why she believes it must be part of American discourse.

Environment

Apache tribes in Arizona are leading the way in saving Emory oak trees

8:04am September 11, 2022

by Melissa Sevigny

As Emory oak trees in parts of Arizona disappear, members of several Apache tribes are working on a collaborative plan with the U.S. Forest Service and researchers to preserve them.

This image captured from bodycam video released by the Childersburg (Ala.) Police Department and provided by attorney Harry Daniels shows Michael Jennings, left, in custody in Childersburg, Ala., on May 22. Jennings was helping out a friend by watering flowers when officers showed up and placed him under arrest within moments.

National

A Black pastor sues the police who arrested him while watering his neighbors' flowers

1:05pm September 10, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

The lawsuit names the city of Childersburg, Ala., which oversees the police department that arrested Jennings, as a defendant.