Horrors And Humanity In Ava DuVernay's Gripping 'When They See Us' Ava DuVernay's powerful Netflix series shows a system that frequently fails men of color — and the costs of that system to a famous group of boys who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Eric Deggans
As Employment Rises, African American Transplants Ride Jobs Wave To The South At a time of low unemployment for African Americans, educated, well-connected professionals are starting new lives in cities such as Charlotte, N.C. Daniella Cheslow
Alabama Historians Say The Last Known Slave Ship To U.S. Has Been Found The Clotilda carried 110 people from present-day Benin to the shores of Mobile in 1860, despite the import of slaves being illegal. Researchers told descendants about the discovery first. Sasha Ingber
Billionaire Robert F. Smith Pledges To Repay Loans For 2019 Morehouse College Class NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with American University professor Ibram X. Kendi about billionaire investor Robert F. Smith's pledge to the Morehouse College class of 2019 to repay their student loans.
American Muslims In Public Life Say They Face Outsized Scrutiny Many say the storm of criticism around Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), the first black Muslim woman in Congress, is more about who she is than what she says. Her experience is familiar to other Muslim leaders. Leila Fadel
Companies Continue To Stumble Over Racially Offensive Advertising Campaigns In the wake of a racially-insensitive ad by Ancestry, NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Nikole Hannah-Jones, a race and culture reporter for The New York Times Magazine, about why this keeps happening.
When A Mexican American Student Group Voted To Change Its Name Controversy Ensued A decision to change the name of a historic student group has sparked a debate about Mexican-American identity and the future of the Chicano movement. Adrian Florido
Pulitzer-Prize Winner Darrin Bell On How Trayvon Martin's Death Inspired His Work NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Darrin Bell, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartoons. He shares how the death of Trayvon Martin inspired his work.
Nephew Of Robert E. Lee Grapples With Legacy Of American Race Relations In New Book Robert W. Lee tells NPR's Michel Martin what it's like to grapple with the legacy of his ancestor, Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He wrote about this in a memoir, "A Sin by Any Other Name."
Former 'Ebony' Publisher Declares Bankruptcy, And An Era Ends For millions of African-Americans who did not otherwise see themselves in the mainstream media, Ebony was more than a magazine. It was a public trust. This week marks its final chapter. Karen Grigsby Bates