'Black America's Attorney General' Represents Families Of People Killed By Police NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about his career of representing families of people who had been killed by police officers.
What Went Wrong: Analysis Of Police Handcuffing, Pepper Spraying 9-Year-Old Girl Experts review Rochester, N.Y., police body camera video of a recent encounter of white officers with a Black girl in distress. She was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed in a squad car. Renee Klahr
Author Explores Preacher Father's Silence On Racial Injustice In 1960s Alabama NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist John Archibald about his book, Shaking the Gates of Hell: A Search for Family and Truth in the Wake of the Civil Rights Revolution.
'This Is The Reality Of Black Girls': Inauguration Poet Says She Was Tailed By Guard Amanda Gorman, who became a sensation after her poem at Joe Biden's inauguration, says a security guard told her she looked "suspicious." Matthew S. Schwartz
For The First Time In 56 Years, A 'Bloody Sunday' Without John Lewis Sunday's anniversary of the day marchers were beaten by police in Selma, Ala., will honor the late civil rights icon. Some 56 years later, former state Sen. Hank Sanders says his work isn't done. Emma Bowman
Essays on life, lineage, and the inheritance of whiteness White women explore epistemic injustice and healing wisdom John O'Brien
Congresswoman Karen Bass Discusses New Police Reform Bill Named After George Floyd The House has approved a police reform bill named after George Floyd. The lead author, Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), speaks to Morning Edition about what the bill aims to achieve.
Stacey Abrams On Why Securing Voting Rights Is As Necessary Now As In The Past In the wake of the historic 2020 election turnout, state legislatures across the U.S. are considering bills to make it harder to vote. Activist Stacey Abrams warns of a return to Jim Crow-era laws. Ailsa Chang
Looking Again At A Doctor's Old Rhymes, Seuss Works Haven't Kept Up With The Times Dr. Seuss Enterprises has announced it will end publication of six titles deemed to contain racist imagery. The books include And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street and If I Ran the Zoo. Neda Ulaby
Vernon Jordan, Civil Rights Activist And Power Broker, Dies At 85 An Atlanta native, Jordan started out as a prominent civil rights lawyer before building a career as a power broker in politics and business. Bill Chappell
