Friends Jennifer Chudy, an assistant professor of political science at Wellesley College who studies white public opinion around race, and Hakeem Jefferson, an assistant professor at Stanford University, scoured public opinion data together in order to write an essay for the New York Times last May called: "Support for the Black Lives Matter Movement Surged Last Year: Did It Last?" Lisa Abitbol; Harrison Truong/NPR hide caption
Immigration activist and temporary protected status holder César Magaña Linares poses for a portrait. Michael Zamora/NPR hide caption
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This archival photo shows crowds of people watching fires during the June 1, 1921, Tulsa Race Massacre. Department of Special Collections, McFarlin Library, The University of Tulsa via AP hide caption
The view from Tulsa Mayor Bynum's City Hall conference room, showing the construction of the new BMX headquarters and train tracks in the distance. Christopher Creese for NPR hide caption
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An illustration of author, podcaster and entertainer, The Kid Mero. Krystal Quiles for NPR hide caption
Robert Lee Johnson in his old neighborhood in Compton. Johnson remembers moving in one day in 1961. "I see moving vans, trucks and everything all down the street," he says. Johnson was 5 years old at the time, so he says he thought "it was moving day for everybody." And he noticed that all the other families moving in were were Black, too. Nevil Jackson for NPR hide caption
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Joyette Jagolino (second from the right) in critical-care nurse training with her class at Saint Paul University in Manila Courtesy of Joyette Jagolino via The Atlantic hide caption
The cover of Paula Yoo's forthcoming book From A Whisper To A Rallying Cry Courtesy of W.W. Norton hide caption
A family wearing face masks and holding signs take part in a rally "Love Our Communities: Build Collective Power" to raise awareness of anti-Asian violence, at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, California, on March 13. Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Lonnie G. Bunch III, shortly after he was named Smithsonian Secretary in 2019 Shuran Huang/NPR hide caption
Lonnie Bunch, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Shuran Huang/NPR hide caption
Larry Kimura, one of the people who spearheaded the fight to save the Hawaiian language. Shereen Marisol Meraji/NPR hide caption
The new podcast from Erika Alexander and Whitney Dow. Courtesy of Color Farm Media hide caption