All Things Considered After 40 Years, 'A Soldier's Play' Finally Marches Onto Broadway A Soldier's Play tells the story of a murder in an African American unit of the U.S. Army after World War II. It premiered in 1981 and soon after won a Pulitzer Prize. Now, it's finally on Broadway.
Speakers Forum Speakers forum: Black voices, origins, and futures “Part oral history, part poetry, all imagination.”
All Things Considered 'Black Patriots' Were Heroes Of The Revolution — But Not The History Books Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the executive producer of a new documentary focusing on the lives of black Americans on both sides of the Revolutionary War, whose stories aren't often told.
Morning Edition How Yang's Presidential Bid May Affect Asian American Voters NPR's David Greene talks to Christine Chen, director of the nonprofit Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote, about what Andrew Yang's presidential run meant for the Asian American community.
Morning Edition White Supremacist Propaganda More Than Doubled In 2019, ADL Reports NPR's David Greene talks to Oren Segal of the Anti-Defamation League's Center on Extremism about the increased incidents of white supremacist propaganda.
All Things Considered Black News Channel Is A Venue For Missing African American Voices, Co-Founder Says The Black News Channel is a 24-hour television news channel that launches on Monday. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the networks co-founder and chairman, J.C. Watts.
Morning Edition Big Names In Black Films Discuss Hollywood Experiences In New Series Ahead of Sunday's Academy Awards, the new Netflix documentary series by Simon Frederick — They've Gotta Have Us — examines the history of African Americans in the film industry.
All Things Considered Author L.L. McKinney: Barnes & Noble 'Diverse Editions' Are 'Literary Blackface' Barnes & Noble suspended its campaign to reissue classic books with covers depicting protagonists as people of color after many authors, including McKinney, criticized the initiative.
Morning Edition Watchdog Group: Minority College Graduates May Pay Higher Interest Rates Graduates of historically black or predominantly Hispanic colleges might be paying more to borrow money because of where they went to school. That's according to a report from a financial watchdog.
When McDonald's Was A Road To Black Liberation The historian Marcia Chatelain's new book, Franchise, outlines a forgotten history of McDonald's as a site of social protest and a mechanism black entrepreneurs hoped might spur black liberation.
