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NPR readers share stories of love and adversity in honor of Loving Day

6:30am June 08, 2025

June 12th is Loving Day, a holiday that commemorates the Loving v. Virginia case, which allowed interracial marriage in all parts of the U.S. NPR readers share how the case changed their lives.

Skulls once subject to racist study in Germany are laid to rest in New Orleans

7:47pm May 31, 2025

A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.

'The Hapa Project' asked 'What are you?' Participants have new answers 25 years later

5:04am May 28, 2025

by A Martínez

What does it mean to be "half"? Twenty-five years since its initial launch, photographer Kip Fulbeck revisits his exhibition called "The Hapa Project," an intimate look at mixed-race America.

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The world witnessed George Floyd's murder. 5 years later, what has changed?

5:00am May 25, 2025

Five years after George Floyd's death sparked worldwide protests over police brutality and racism, NPR's Michel Martin reflects on Morning Edition's return to Minneapolis to examine what has changed.

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At George Floyd Square, art and music help a community heal

6:16pm May 24, 2025

by Meg Anderson

Musicians, poets and artists have shown up day after day to bring a livelier energy to the intersection in Minneapolis where George Floyd was killed five years ago this weekend. Hear how they're using the arts to try to heal.

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California Same-Sex Couples Line Up To Marry After Supreme Court Ruling

NPR wants to hear from interracial couples to commemorate Loving Day

5:00am May 23, 2025

Loving Day, the landmark case that overturned U.S. state laws against interracial marriage, is on June 12. NPR wants to hear from people who celebrate this day.

George Floyd musical tribute poet warns of 'worse' racial tensions five years after the murder

4:12am May 23, 2025

Adolphus Hailstork's 2022 requiem cantata "A Knee on the Neck" pays tribute to George Floyd. NPR speaks with librettist Herbert Martin, who initiated the work, five years after police killed Floyd in Minneapolis.

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Who George Floyd was — and how systemic racism shaped his life

4:20am May 21, 2025

by Michel Martin

Five years after George Floyd's death, NPR's Michel Martin talks with Toluse Olorunnipa and Robert Samuels, the Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of His Name is George Floyd.

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Painted portrait of Wong Kim Ark in the Asian American Community Heroes Mural, located in San Francisco's Chinatown.

Who's eligible for birthright citizenship in America? Find out in this history quiz

9:57am May 15, 2025

Who was Wong Kim Ark and what is the story behind the Supreme Court case United States vs. Wong Kim Ark? Find out here, and listen to a full episode to learn more.

This opera tells the story of 'The Central Park Five,' Donald Trump's role included

6:00am May 10, 2025

In 1989, Trump took out full-page newspaper ads demanding the death penalty "for roving bands of wild criminals." The Detroit Opera decided to program this work long before the presidential election.

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