Minoso, known as the Cuban Comet and Mr. White Sox, was a seven-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glover whose major league career spanned five decades.
The Hawkins family has been feeding Watts since 1939. Cynthia Hawkins is the third generation to continue the tradition, and in an LA neighborhood that is often referred to as a food desert.
The author, whose "Easy Rawlins" mystery novels are largely set in Watts, looks back 50 years ago to the night when the neighborhood first went up in flames.
It has been a trying year for Missouri after the shooting death of Michael Brown last August led to a period of unrest. NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Gov. Nixon on how the state is making progress.
No new violence was reported in Ferguson, Mo., but dozens of people were arrested Monday. Late into the night, men armed with assault rifles walked the streets.
Two days after the first anniversary of Michael Brown's death, protesters say they're committed to keeping pressure on officials. But some residents say they're becoming fed up with violent protests.
NPR's Robert Siegel interviews St. Louis Alderman Antonio French, who opened a #HealSTL office in Ferguson, Mo., after the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown last August.
The shooting occurred in the early hours of Friday, after a 911 caller reported that a "thin black man with a blond mohawk" was jumping on top of a car at a dealership.
Black Bottom was once a vibrant black oasis in Detroit, till it was demolished for a freeway. Now, young black visionaries in Detroit are experimenting with a new Black Bottom for the 21st century.