Code Switch
Contemporary reprints of original Green Books from 1940 (front) and 1954. Karen Grigsby Bates hide caption
Code Switch Race and identity, remixed.
Comic book writer Stan Lee and actor Chadwick Boseman attend the world premiere of Marvel Studios Black Panther. Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Civil rights activists are blocked by National Guardsmen brandishing bayonets while trying to stage a protest on Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Engraving from a series of images titled "The Great Yellow Fever Scourge — Incidents Of Its Horrors In The Most Fatal District Of The Southern States." Bettmann Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Jonny Sun emerges from behind his social character and navigates his space within the illustration world. Christopher Sun /Courtesy of Kovert Creative hide caption
In a video produced by ACRONYM, woman calls 911 and informs the police Todd doesn't plan to vote. ACRONYM/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Extending gloved hands skyward in racial protest, U.S. athletes Smith and Carlos stare downward during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City on Oct. 16, 1968. AP hide caption
Chris Rock's 1996 HBO special helped him become a major star. Gilbert Carrasquillo/FilmMagic hide caption
Imani Perry, author of Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry Sameer A. Khan hide caption
Barry Jenkins' adaption of James Baldwin's novel "If Beale Street Could Talk" premiered at this year's edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. Courtesy of TIFF hide caption
Photographer Bill Cunningham outside Skylight Clarkson Sq during New York Fashion Week on July 15, 2015 in New York City. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption
Arthur Ashe holds his trophy for the U.S. Open singles tennis championship as he stands arm-in-arm with his father, Arthur Ashe Sr., who fights back tears following his son's victory at Forest Hills, N.Y., Sept. 9, 1968. The younger Ashe defeated Holland's Tom Okker in five sets. Marty Lederhandler/AP hide caption
Prisoners on work duty, filling sandbags in the "Big Red" work area. Paul Grossheim/Courtesy of Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University hide caption
Engraving shows the arrival of a Dutch slave ship with a group of African slaves for sale, Jamestown, Va., 1619. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Henry Golding stars as Nick Young in Crazy Rich Asians. Sanja Bucko/Warner Bros. Studios hide caption
Rachel (Constance Wu) and Nick (Henry Golding) share a moment in the Singapore moonlight in Crazy Rich Asians. Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
A mural of Trayvon Martin is seen on the side of a building in the Sandtown neighborhood where Freddie Gray was arrested on April 30, 2015 in Baltimore. Andrew Burton/Getty Images hide caption
Pedestrians walk outside the closed Spruce St. Starbucks store on May 29, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images hide caption