Race & Ethnicity
In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault
Biden was among those commemorating the anniversary of the brutal attack by authorities on peaceful civil rights demonstrators as they marched along the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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2 South African artists converse across the apartheid timeline at the Barnes
The Barnes Foundation hosts work by two artists: one making work since apartheid, the other growing up in post-apartheid South Africa.
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How to Confront Our Nation’s Past
If we want to make progress, we need to talk honestly about the most painful parts of America's history. So how do we help people reckon with, and not resist, the past?
Air Date: March 3, 2023 12:00 pm
Listen 50:43The nearly $80 million grant will help Nemours Children's Hospital focus on long-overlooked patients with cancer, blood illness, and sickle cell disease.
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Listen 1:11Zandra Flemister blazed a tough trail in the Secret Service. Now she’s getting credit
Flemister, who died last week, was the first Black woman to serve as a special agent in the 1970s, but was forced out by racial discrimination.
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Amy’s Pizzeria in Hatboro overwhelmed with local, global support after viral video of racist attack
The owner says Amy’s Pizzeria is getting calls from around the world. Some callers make donations, others order pizzas to be delivered to local spots.
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Listen 1:29A USDA commission issues recommendations on racial equity for farmers
Recommendations include making it easier for farmers to qualify for conservation programs to making the language in Farm Service Agency loans more accessible.
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The exam, considered one of the nation’s toughest, will now be given twice a year. The passing score was lowered slightly and fewer essays will be required.
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Listen 1:46Newspapers have dropped the ‘Dilbert’ comic strip after a racist rant by its creator
The comic's creator, Scott Adams, said a recent opinion poll changed his mind about "helping Black Americans."
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What’s your Wakanda story? Black Panther as an imaginative tool at Philly’s National Liberty Museum
Marvel’s “Wakanda Forever” and the National Liberty Museum’s “Beyond Wakanda” expand the possibilities of Black Panther’s universe.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art creates a new department for Black and African art
A gift of 300 pieces of African art will seed the new Brind Center for African and African Diasporic Art.
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Music to matriculate by: Mann Center to host an HBCU Festival in May
At least 10 historical Black colleges and universities will be part of an all-day festival of HBCU life and culture at the Mann Center, in May.
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Gov. Murphy also announced initiatives he said will positively impact communities of color across the state.
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In 2022, Black farmers were persistently left behind from the USDA’s loan system
An NPR data analysis shows Black farmers were accepted for USDA direct loans at a lower rate than other racial groups in 2022.
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After 164 years, descendants of Frederick Douglass and John Brown finally meet
The great-great-grandsons of Frederick Douglass and John Brown rendezvous in Philadelphia at a play about their ancestors.
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