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Race & Ethnicity

In August 1963, African-American girls were held in a Georgia stockade after being arrested for demonstrating segregation. Left to right: Melinda Jones Williams (13), Laura Ruff Saunders (13), Mattie Crittenden Reese, Pearl Brown, Carol Barner Seay (12), Annie Ragin Laster (14), Willie Smith Davis (15), Shirley Green (14), and Billie Jo Thornton Allen (13). Sitting on the floor: Verna Hollis (15). (Danny Lyon)
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Community

‘I gave up hope’: As girls, they were jailed in squalor for protesting segregation

The day Martin Luther King Jr. gave his landmark "I Have a Dream" speech in August 1963, a lesser known moment in civil rights history was unfolding in southern Georgia.

8 years ago

Taryn Mitchell playing with her daughter at Folsom Women's Facility in Folsom Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

Incarcerated mothers and their children

What happens to a child when their mother is sent to prison?

Air Date: January 18, 2019 10:00 am

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(AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith;  AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli; AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

The census citizenship question / ACA contraceptive coverage / Philly’s deadliest roadway

Guests: Ari Berman, Allison Hoffman, Jason Laughlin ...

Air Date: January 17, 2019 10:00 am

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Feminista Jones and Brittney Cooper (courtesy of the authors)
Radio Times
Community

Black feminism

Guests: Brittney Cooper, Feminista Jones We talk about black feminism and what makes it distinct from white femin ...

Air Date: January 16, 2019 10:00 am

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The Wells Fargo Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Wings announcer apologizes for Native American remark; team, league vow discipline

Philadelphia Wings announcer Shawny Hill said "Let's snip the pony tail" during Saturday night's game at the Wells Fargo Center, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

8 years ago

(From left) Lake County, Fla., Sheriff Willis McCall and an unidentified man stand next to Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepherd and Charles Greenlee. The three were accused of rape in 1949, along with a fourth man. They were all pardoned Friday. (State Library and Archives of Florida via AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

'Groveland Four' get posthumous pardons, 70 years later

Seven decades after being accused of raping a white woman, four African-American men were posthumously pardoned on Friday by the state of Florida.

8 years ago

(LA Johnson/NPR)
NPR
Education

To get to college, it helps black students to have a black teacher early on

Public education has a persistent and well-documented issue: the achievement gap between white students and students of color.

8 years ago

Giovanni Hatter. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

In racially diverse 14th District, Philly police target black drivers 3 times more than whites, analysis shows

Although Philadelphia is about 43 percent black, police stop black drivers nearly 66 percent of the time, according to an analysis of vehicle stop figures.

8 years ago

Ann Remy (right), is of Lenape descent, and Donna Fann-Boyle (left) is of Cherokee descent. Fann-Boyle is testifying at public hearing in Bucks County about the Neshaminy School District mascot. (Kimberly Paynter)
Community

Bucks County parent details violent origin of controversial school mascot

The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission will decide whether the Neshaminy School District must find a new nickname for some of its sports teams.

8 years ago

A mural of the Neshaminy High School mascot. (Eugene Sonn/WHYY)
Education

Neshaminy teacher: ‘Redskins’ nickname ‘clearly is not’ a ‘term of honor’

The Pa. Human Relations Commission is weighing the fate of the school district’s controversial ‘Redskins’ nickname.

8 years ago

Ann Remy (right), is of Lenape descent, and Donna Fann-Boyle (left) is of Cherokee descent. Fann-Boyle is testifying at public hearing in Bucks County about the Neshaminy School District mascot. (Kimberly Paynter)
Education

Defense expert: Neshaminy School District mascot reflects ‘living tradition’

The Pa. Human Relations Commission is weighing whether to force Neshaminy School District to drop the Redskins mascot.

8 years ago

A mural of the Neshaminy High School mascot. (Eugene Sonn/WHYY)
Education

Pa. commission could ax controversial Neshaminy school mascot

A public hearing this week will evaluate whether Native American-themed mascot creates “hostile educational environment.”

8 years ago

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Director Ryan Coogler attends a London screening of his film Black Panther, the highest-grossing movie of 2018. (Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Black directors had a big year in 2018 — but other inclusion numbers stagnated

Black directors had a "banner year" in 2018, according to the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.

8 years ago

(#HUNNUROCK via YouTube/Screengrab by NPR)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

How a Mongolian heavy metal band got millions of YouTube views

The Hu — from the Mongolian root word for human being: "Hu." The band spent seven years putting together their first album, which they expect to release this spring.

8 years ago

Artist Stephanie Shih remembers making pork-filled dumplings with her family and started her art project by sculpting six of them out of porcelain. She's now made 600. (Robert Bredvad/NPR)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Shih, Chau, and Shen pair food art, Asian-American heritage

Three American women of Taiwanese descent are cooking up the dishes of their youth. Except they're not using food. They're using plaster, paint and porcelain.

8 years ago

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