WDET staff members and Tell Me More producers help host Michel Martin prepare for her broadcast from Detroit. Matt Elliott/WDET hide caption
In this film image released by Columbia Pictures, Zoe Saldana portrays Cataleya in a scene from "Colombiana." Magali Bragard/AP/Columbia Pictures hide caption
Haley Joel Osment, left, and Bruce Willis appear in a scene from the film "The Sixth Sense," a tale of a child who can see ghosts. AP/Spyglass Entertainment hide caption
Robert Redford (as John Gage) and Demi Moore (as Diana Murphy) in "Indecent Proposal," 1993. David James/Paramount Pictures hide caption
President Obama speaks during a news conference after announcing a deal with Republicans to temporarily extend Bush-era tax cuts to Americans in all tax brackets. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin greats supporters during an October conservative rally in Charleston, West Virginia. Randy Snyder/Getty Images hide caption
Actor Mike Myers (left) and rapper Kanye West are seen in footage from a 2005 NBC television special as part of relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina. During the program, West commented that “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” NBC hide caption
Samoine Chapman pauses to think as she votes with her daughter Giada Chapman, 3, in Denver, Colorado, in the recent midterm elections. Marc Piscotty/Getty Images hide caption
Playwright Ntozake Shange reacts to criticism of 'For Colored Girls'
An ad produced by the Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) shows a Beijing educator in the year 2030 explaining how American deficit spending led to China’s conquest of the West. Citizens Against Government Waste hide caption
Denver Broncos NFL wide receiver Kenny McKinley was found dead in his home Monday in an apparent suicide. NFL Photos/Getty Images hide caption
Ione Brown, at age 47, is featured in a northern Minnesota newspaper, the Park Region Echo in 1950. Brown is the maternal grandmother of NPR's Michele Norris, co-host of All Things Considered. In an upcoming interview with host Michel Martin, Norris shares her family's complex history with matters of race, as chronicled in her new memoir The Grace of Silence.. 'The Grace of Silence' by Michele Norris hide caption
A band plays as they walk in a jazz funeral to honor Katrina victims on Wednesday in New Orleans. Chris Graythen/Getty Images hide caption
The Mardi Gras Indians have paraded in the annual New Orleans celebration since the mid-19th century. Getty Images hide caption
Wyclef Jean promotes Haiti earthquake relief efforts at the National Action Network on Jan. 27. Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images hide caption