In Just 'One Small Step' Armstrong Became An Icon
It was the kind of history that ignites the imagination of humanity.On July 20, 1969, hundreds of millions of people around the world watched or listened as the lunar module Eagle carried astronauts...
View ArticleSocial Issues Hold Sway Over Ohio's Black Voters
Transcript GUY RAZ, HOST: In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama won nearly all the African-American vote. And this year, a recent poll found that less than 1 percent of black voters will back Mitt Romney....
View ArticleMillennia Of Stargazing At 'African Cosmos' Exhibit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qHlEvQKZcA
View ArticleArab-American Voters Lean Toward Obama, But With Less Enthusiasm
Arab-American voters strongly supported President Obama in 2008, and polls show most are doing so this time around as well.
View ArticleIll. Considers Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants
Illinois could become the third state — after Washington and New Mexico — where undocumented immigrants can obtain driver's licenses. The legislation is halfway there. A bill that passed the state...
View ArticleNewtown Residents Join Gun Control Rally In Washington
Residents of Newtown, Conn., where 20 children died in December's school shootings, marched alongside other supporters of gun control at a rally on the National Mall on Saturday.About 100 residents...
View ArticleWoof Out The Red Carpet: Westminster Dogs Take New York
On Tuesday night, one dog will be named "best in show" at the 137th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York.Many of the canines that have flocked to Manhattan are staying at the Hotel Pennsylvania...
View ArticleFor Berry Gordy, Broadway Is Memory Lane
There's hardly an adult anywhere in the world who wouldn't recognize at least some of the music of Motown.The R&B label changed the course of music in the United States and made household names of...
View ArticleWhat A Lawsuit Against The Redskins Could Mean For The Brand
Once again, the long-standing controversy over the name of the Washington Redskins is in the news.
View ArticleWinfrey Gives Millions To New African-American Museum In D.C.
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is giving a multimillion-dollar boost to the Smithsonian's new facility, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). She gave the museum, which is...
View ArticleDeconstructing Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Dream
"We want all of our rights!" Martin Luther King, Jr. told a throng of people gathered in and around Detroit's Cobo Arena on June 23, 1963. He was speaking at what he called the largest and greatest...
View ArticleWal-Mart Threatens To Pull Out Of D.C. Over Wage Requirements
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Wal-Mart is threatening to walk away from plans to build three of six new stores slated for the nation's capital. Those three stores are supposed to go up in some of the...
View ArticlePreserving African-American Cemeteries
Under a popular park in Washington, D.C., there is a 19th century burial ground that was once the largest African-American cemetery in the city. Advocates want to protect the park from further...
View Article50 Years After March On Washington, John Lewis Still Fights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYasqMFCJao
View Article'We Will Rock You': A Bohemian Musical
Transcript DON GONYEA, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Don Gonyea. Whether or not you're a fan of rock and roll, you've surely heard at least one of the hits by Queen. The British band...
View ArticleTrove Of Artifacts Trumpets African-American Triumphs
Seventeen-year-old Tonisha Owens stared wide-eyed at the faded script on an 1854 letter. It was once carried by another 17-year-old — a slave named Frances. The letter was written by a plantation...
View ArticleAfrican-American Gun Club Hopes To Help Curb Youth Violence
More than 200 people have been killed this year in Baltimore. Most of them were black, and most of them were shot to death, despite Maryland having one of the nation's toughest gun laws.
View ArticleHistoric House Is Yours Free, But There's A Catch
This little house is looking for a home.In the past five years, 600 single-family homes have been demolished in Arlington, Va., many to make way for larger houses, according to a preservation group....
View ArticleSweet 16 And Barreling Toward Cowgirl Racing Fame
Megan Yurko is small, but she's a big name in barrel racing. And the 16-year-old is on track to be crowned the world's top cowgirl barrel racer at the upcoming International Professional Rodeo...
View ArticleStorm And Stress Visit The East Coast
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel.A fast-moving winter storm is barreling across the...
View Article
