May 18 1 in 6 newlywed spouses are of different race or ethnicity By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press Five decades ago, only 3 percent of the people in the country were intermarried — that is, had spouses of a different race or ethnicity. That was in 1967 when the Supreme Court ruled interracial and interethnic marriage was legal… Continue reading
May 15 Racial segregation may raise blood pressure among African Americans, study says By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez, Kaiser Health News Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and African-Americans are disproportionately affected by the condition. Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch 7:55 How a simple game of chess can break through stereotypes By PBS NewsHour To Lemuel LaRouche, chess is more than a game. By getting young people from different backgrounds to engage in the game of chess, you can alter bad perceptions, stereotypes and mistrust. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault sits down with LaRouche for… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 7:46 This inner city school is a bridge to empowerment for children of color By PBS NewsHour In one of the poorest and most violent neighborhoods in Brooklyn, in one of the most segregated school systems in the country, principal Nadia Lopez is trying to help kids defy the odds. Lopez talks to special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch 8:49 How the n-word became the ‘atomic bomb of racial slurs’ By PBS NewsHour Its effect can be explosive and painful: Harvard University professor Randall Kennedy has traced the history of the N-word to understand the evolution of the infamous racial slur. Kennedy joins special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault to discuss this history, including reappropriations… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch 8:08 Newark’s mayor on solutions he is using to change his city making it a better place for all By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch 8:11 Alabama lawyer seeks to remind school-based police that students are still children By PBS NewsHour Last September, a federal court in Alabama ruled that the disciplinary practices used by the Birmingham Police Department toward high school students were unconstitutional. The police department’s appeal will be heard next month. Ebony Howard, the lawyer who filed the… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 7:46 How Gary, Indiana, is improving community-police relations By PBS NewsHour Tonight is “National Night Out,” and police officers across the country are going into neighborhoods in an effort to connect with the people they serve. As part of our year-long Race Matters conversation, special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault speaks with Gary,… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 6:46 In Southern schools, segregation and inequality aren’t just history — they’re reality By PBS NewsHour Last month, a Mississippi judge ordered the state’s public schools to desegregate, illuminating the ongoing struggle to comply with the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks to Maureen Costello of the Southern… Continue watching
May 10 Watch 9:20 The challenge of understanding the full dynamics of racism in 2016 By PBS NewsHour Rev. David Billings, founder of the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, has been working to combat racism for decades. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault sits down with Billings to discuss his work helping groups to identify and “undo” institutional discrimination. Continue watching