Race & Identity Black history is more than one month, but February matters Black history is more than a month — and it's more than just the sanitized story of the same handful of heroes told over and over. Sandhya Dirks
Race & Identity Ahmad Arbery's 3 killers found guilty of federal hate crimes A jury in Brunswick, Ga., has reached a verdict in the case of three white men facing hate crimes charges in the 2020 murder of Ahmaud Arbery. Debbie Elliott
Race & Identity A picture of U.S. democracy in action: Black people at work, rest, and play A mantra for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is to explore American history through an African American lens. Walter Ray Watson
Race & Identity Photo of entertainer Josephine Baker is one to appreciate at the Smithsonian Curator Aaron Bryant recently spoke to NPR about some favorite Black photographic subjects in the Smithsonian's collection. He remembers a photo of Josephine Baker in France from the 1920s.
National 1 in 10 Black people in the U.S. are migrants. Here's what's driving that shift The breadth of what it means to be a Black American is widening, according to new analysis of the latest migration statistics. Justine Kenin Jason Fuller
Education 'Critical race theory' bans frustrate teachers during Black History Month In the past year, more than 35 states have introduced over 150 bills limiting what schools can teach about race. For many educators in those states, it's made teaching Black History Month fraught. Anya Steinberg
Books 'Segregated Skies' tells the story of the first Black pilot for a commercial airline When American Airlines hired David Harris in 1964, he became the first African American pilot to fly for a commercial airline. Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cottman's Segregated Skies tells his story. Elizabeth Blair
Race & Identity George Takei got reparations. He says they 'strengthen the integrity of America' Eighty years ago, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed an executive order that sent thousands of Japanese-Americans to internment camps. Actor George Takei was among them. Neda Ulaby
Sports Seattle Kraken broadcasting duo makes NHL history as first all-Black TV crew J.T. Brown and Everett Fitzhugh became the first all-Black broadcasting duo in NHL history when they called the Seattle Kraken's road game against the Winnipeg Jets on ROOT Sports Northwest.
National A granddaughter passes on the legacy of 'Granny Hayden,' a midwife born into slavery "If somebody needed help — Granny was going. Black and whites alike, it made no difference to her," Mary Othella Burnette says of her late grandmother, a second-generation midwife in Black Appalachia. Jo Corona Emma Bowman