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When state and federal legislation is slow, if at all, a Michigan church in East Lansing is gathering money and making plans to distribute funds.
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The new Freedom Monument Sculpture Park in Montgomery, Alabama, is designed to get visitors closer to the experiences of enslaved people in America.
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In 1957, a group of Mexican American high school students overcame racist barriers to win the Texas state golf championship. The story is told in the new film The Long Game.
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A race-based calculation to determine kidney function left many Black patients lower on the transplant waitlist than they should have been. NPR's A Martinez talks to one man who was moved ahead.
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Known best for her story quilts depicting African American experiences and feminine life, she also created paintings, sculpture and children's books. She was 93.
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OJ Simpson's family announced that he died of cancer Wednesday at age 76. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with sports writer Dave Zirin about the contradictions of the football star acquitted of murder.
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Economists sent 83,000 fake job applications to a slew of major U.S. companies, and found that the typical firm favored white applicants over Black ones by around 9%.
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The two only survivors of the Tulsa Massacre more than 100 years ago want to sue for reparations. They hope the Oklahoma Supreme Court will grant them a trial.
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The Cherokee High School Lady Braves basketball team won the North Carolina state championship this year, bringing pride and joy to their tribe and community.
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Nakala Murry spoke exclusively to NPR about a petition that references the May 2023 shooting of Aderrien Murry. She said the move "caught her off guard."
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has been the target of racist attacks following last week's Key Bridge collapse.
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Texas' immigration law has raised fear that it'll promote racial profiling by police. The concerns evoke memories of what happened after Arizona passed its so-called "show me your papers" law in 2010.