Karen Grigsby Bates
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Books
NPR's top picks for 2022 fiction books
Four NPR staffers recommend new novels in an early taste of our annual Books We Love round-up: "How High We Go in the Dark," "Vladimir," "Mecca" and "The Candy House."
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Virgil Abloh dies at age 41
Famed menswear designer Virgil Abloh died today. He was 41.
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Arts & Life
Romance Writers Of America Was Doing Better With Race — Until A Recent Award Choice
After a racism controversy, the national trade organization for romance writers had been making progress. Then, they gave a major prize to a book whose hero murdered Native Americans at Wounded Knee.
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Arts & Life
J.P. Morgan's Personal Librarian Was A Black Woman. This Is Her Story.
Belle Da Costa Greene was one of the most prominent career women of her time, but the world didn't know she was Black. A new novel from Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray tells her story.
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Food
'Know The History': A Texas Chef's Thoughts On Food And Juneteenth
Chef Chris Williams from the Houston restaurant Lucille's talks about how he started the restaurant, the nonprofit that grew from it, and his mixed feelings about Juneteenth.
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Books
Code Switch's Recommended Reads About The Tulsa Massacre
Here's the books and articles about the 1921 Tulsa massacre that we recommend for a deeper dive into the events from the day.
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Books
The 'Racial Caste System' At The U.S. Capitol
After the Capitol was cleared of insurrectionists last week, there was work to be done — and it wasn't lost on many that cleaning up the mess would fall largely to Black and Brown people.
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Race & Identity
In Harris, Black Sororities And Fraternities Celebrate One Of Their Own
Lawrence C. Ross, author of The Divine Nine, explains why Black sororities showed up and showed out for Kamala Harris—and how Black Greek organizations have long pushed for enfranchisement.
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Arts & Life
What's In A Name? The History Of Karens, Beckys And Miss Anns
Before 2020, the Karen was known by other names. NPR's Code Switch looks at the evolution of the entitled white woman, how her name has changed, but her behavior – and its consequences – not so much.
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Race & Identity
1968-2020: A Tale Of Two Uprisings
I remember how tumultuous 1968 felt. Cops in riot gear and flaming storefronts are nothing new—but this time around, things feel even more dire.