Jun 23 Watch 8:40 Rev. William Barber is building a new ‘moral movement’ to reach people on race By PBS News Hour Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault speaks with Reverend William Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, co-authors of “The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear,” about what it takes to tackle America’s racial divide. Continue watching
May 18 Watch 4:13 Once segregated, this Georgia neighborhood finds new life by welcoming new communities By PBS News Hour During the segregated Jim Crow-era, an area of Athens, Georgia, known as the “Hot Corner” fostered African-American entrepreneurship and catered to the black community. But after flourishing, many businesses moved out or died. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault reports on what… Continue watching
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 News Hour 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 News Hour 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 News Hour 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 News Hour Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch 8:11 Alabama lawyer seeks to remind school-based police that students are still children By PBS News Hour 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 News Hour 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