Mexican-American Vets Ignited Kennedy's Latino Support
On the evening of Nov. 21, 1963, President John F. Kennedy, his wife Jacqueline, Vice President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, walked through a wall of applause to take their place as honored...
View Article'Best Man Holiday' Resonates Across Racial Lines
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View ArticleThe First Time I Heard The Name 'Mandela'
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View Article'Hispanic' Or 'Latino'? Polls Say It Doesn't Matter — Usually
Carlos Mencia is well-known for his standup humor, which is slyly good-natured and often focuses on race and ethnicity. The 46 year-old Mencia has had a successful series on The Comedy Channel (Mind of...
View Article'American Promise' Probes Race Issues In NYC Private School
Monday evening, PBS will air American Promise, a documentary that traces the lives of two African-American students for 13 years. They both enroll as kindergarteners at The Dalton School, an elite...
View ArticleLove In Technicolor: Interracial Families On Television
I Love Lucy was one of the most popular shows in the history of television. Its stars, redheaded Lucille Ball and her Cuban-American husband Desi Arnaz, became TV icons — but they almost didn't get on...
View ArticleDrive For Diversity, NASCAR's Commitment To Race
On Sunday, the K&N Pro Series East begins down in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. And if the track and pit look a little more diverse than they have in the past, that's in part because of a NASCAR program...
View ArticleSriracha-Maker Given More Time To Contain Spicy Fumes
The saga over the darling of the condiment world, Sriracha, continues.The popular hot sauce in the rooster bottle is made by Huy Fong Foods in the Los Angeles suburb of Irwindale.
View ArticleStokely Carmichael, A Philosopher Behind The Black Power Movement
Before he became famous — and infamous — for calling on black power for black people, Stokely Carmichael was better known as a rising young community organizer in the civil rights movement.
View ArticleWhy A Proper Lady Found Herself Behind Bars
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View ArticleCongressional Black Caucus Urges Rethink Of Army Hair Rules
The women of the Congressional Black Caucus have sent a letter asking Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to reconsider new Army regulations that made headlines earlier this month.AR 670-1, the revised...
View ArticlePlaywright Phillip Hayes Dean Dies At 83
Playwright Phillip Hayes Dean died earlier this week. His family says the 83 year-old died in Los Angeles of a heart condition. He was in the midst of overseeing a production of his most famous play,...
View ArticleSome In Irwindale Still Not Happy About Smelly Neighbor, Sriracha
The skirmish continues between Sriracha and Irwindale, Calif. Irwindale's city council declared that owner David Tran must curb his hot sauce factory's smelly fumes or they'll do it themselves. Tran is...
View ArticleWhy Lupita Nyong'o's 'People' Cover Is So Significant
It has been a very good 12 months for Lupita Nyong'o: piles of awards (including an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of Patsy in 12 Years a Slave), a contract to be the...
View ArticleWho Runs The World? 'Time' Magazine Says Beyoncé
The euphoria over Lupita Nyong'o's appearance on People's "50 Most Beautiful" list was still swirling on the Interwebs when word came, a mere four days later, that Time's "100 Most Influential" issue...
View ArticlePBS Documentary Examines Ruben Salazar's Life And Death
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A new documentary explores the life and death of Ruben Salazar. He was a journalist. He's considered one of the founders of the modern Chicano movement and by many a...
View ArticleWhy Would The NAACP Honor Donald Sterling Anyway?
Update: The NAACP issued a press release on Thursday advising that Leon Jenkins has resigned his post as president of the Los Angeles chapter. The national organization said it is "developing...
View ArticleAfter 6 Decades As A Staple, 'Jet' Magazine Ends Print Run
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. An era in magazine history is closing. Chicago-based Johnson Publishing Co., or JPC, says...
View ArticleSriracha-Maker Says Factory Will Remain In California
Sriracha hot sauce-maker Huy Fong Foods has been tussling with the City Council of Irwindale, Calif., near Los Angeles for months now over whether the factory's spicy smells harm its neighbors. There...
View ArticleNostalgia For What's Been Lost Since 'Brown V. Board'
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View ArticleThe Life Of Poet Maya Angelou, From Poverty To Presidential Prizes
Poet, performer and political activist Maya Angelou has died after a long illness at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C. She was 86.
View ArticleCondiment Detente: Sriracha Plant To Stay In California City
The Sriracha-slurping public no longer has to worry about hoarding bottles and bottles of the spicy stuff: There will be hot sauce tomorrow and for the foreseeable future. Sriracha will continue to be...
View ArticleThe Late Walter Dean Myers Wrote In The Language Of Teens
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View ArticleCrime Writer Creates A Hero For Her Beloved, Much-Maligned South LA
Rachel Howzell Hall is easing her big, laurel green Mercedes sedan through the streets of Los Angeles. A slim woman with big eyes, Hall says this Benz is her dream car, the thing she'd planned to buy...
View ArticleAye, Sassenach — Gabaldon's Appeal Is Timeless
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View ArticleObama's Reaction To Ferguson Raises Questions About President's Role
Ferguson, Mo., has seen nearly two weeks of protests after an unarmed 18-year-old African-American man was shot and killed by Darren Wilson, a white police officer. This week, a black leader stepped in...
View Article'A Chosen Exile': Black People Passing In White America
Several years ago, Stanford historian Allyson Hobbs was talking with a favorite aunt, who was also the family storyteller. Hobbs learned that she had a distant cousin whom she'd never met nor heard...
View ArticleComer Cottrell, Creator Of The People's Jheri Curl, Dies At 82
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View ArticleThe Look Of Power: How Women Have Dressed For Success
Remember power suits? At the same time women were entering the corporate workplace in large numbers, the power suit began to pop up. It was usually a long jacket with the kind of big, padded shoulders...
View ArticleA Black Cosmetic Company Sells, Or Sells Out?
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