Race
A painting by artist Sidney King depicting a Dutch ship with 20 enslaved African people arriving at Point Comfort, VA in 1619, marking the beginning of slavery in America. Sidney King/Associated Press hide caption
A frozen section of the Ross Sea at Scott Base in Antarctica on Nov. 12, 2016. Britain's Preet Chandi made history by trekking 700 miles from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole in an unsupported expedition. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin in 2020. Activists are appealing to Tesla to close a new showroom in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, where officials are accused of abuses against mostly Muslim ethnic minorities. Hannibal Hanschke/AP file photo hide caption
Mayor Sokhary Chau addresses the assembly during the Lowell City Council swearing-in ceremony on Monday in Lowell, Mass. Julia Malakie/AP hide caption
Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator and author of the 1619 Project. The New York Times hide caption
Christopher McNair, center left, and Maxine McNair, right, parents of Denise McNair, one of four African American girls who died in a church bombing in Birmingham, Ala., on Sept. 15, 1963, are shown here at a news conference in New York later that month. Maxine McNair, the last living parent of any of the children killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, died on Sunday at 93. AP hide caption
Whitney Houston sings the National Anthem prior to Super Bowl XXV on January 27, 1991. George Rose/Getty Images hide caption
Author and cultural critic bell hooks poses for a portrait on December 16, 1996. Karjean Levine/Getty Images hide caption
Dermatologist Dr. Jenna Lester treats her patient Geoffry Blair Hutto in the UCSF Primary Care clinic. Barbara Ries hide caption
André Lee, administrator and co-founder of Heart and Soul Hospice, stands with Keisha Mason, director of nursing, in front of their office building last week in Nashville, Tenn. Erica Calhoun for NPR hide caption
Chef and YouTube host Pailin Chongchitnant. Courtesy of Pailin Chongchitnant hide caption
Regan Adams at her home in northeast Knoxville. Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR hide caption
Home prices are up. For Black families, is selling Grandma's house the right choice?
A Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission plaque is seen along a roadside in New Castle, Pa. A recent review of all 2,500 markers has resulted in the state removing two markers, revising two and ordering new text for two others so far. Keith Srakocic/AP hide caption
Naisha Wright, aunt of Daunte Wright, pauses after speaking during a news conference in April, in Minneapolis. Wright tells NPR that true justice would be to bring Daunte Wright back, but that Potter's conviction provides accountability. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
In this screen grab from police body camera footage shown in court in the trial of Kim Potter, the Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer reacts after the April 11 traffic stop in which Daunte Wright was fatally shot. AP hide caption
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam watches as the lead conservator for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Kate Ridgway (left), and Sue Donovan, conservator for special collections for the University of Virginia, remove the contents of a time capsule that was found in the pedestal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
This sonar image created by SEARCH Inc. and released by the Alabama Historical Commission shows the remains of the Clotilda, the last known U.S. ship involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. AP hide caption
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Joseph Moore stands for a portrait at a park in Jacksonville, Fla., earlier this month. Moore worked for nearly 10 years as an undercover informant for the FBI, infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan in Florida, foiling at least two murder plots, according to investigators, and investigating ties between law enforcement and the white supremacist organization. Robert Bumsted/AP hide caption
Clockwise from top left: We Are Lady Parts, City of Ghosts, Bachelorette (Season 18), The Wonder Years, and Reservation Dogs. NPR hide caption
"The final recommendations reflect law enforcement's role in advancing public safety and acknowledge the personal protections guaranteed by our Constitution," Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, said on Thursday. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption