Race and Society in America

An excavation crew works at Oaklawn Cemetery to find gravesites of 1921 Massacre victims.

City begins new 1921 Race Massacre gravesite search

Ben Abrams

Researchers announced a "geophysical anomaly" had been detected during a test excavation this summer. Now, they're digging deeper.

Crews utilize heavy equipment to conduct a "test excavation" at Oaklawn Cemetery to search for possible grave sites of 1921 Race Massacre victims.

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City completes preliminary search for more 1921 Race Massacre graves

Ben Abrams

Crews finished "test excavations" a day earlier than scheduled.

ST Medical Monday on Juneteenth: "The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century" (Encore)

"An eye-opening history of nine African American women in medicine.... This immersive tribute to a group of pioneering women will inspire readers of all backgrounds." -- Publishers Weekly

"The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them" (Encore)

"Riveting history.... Excellently rendered." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them"

"Riveting history.... Excellently rendered." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide"

"The pandemic brought America's health inequities into stark relief, but [this book] illustrates that the problem isn't new, and that it is embedded more deeply than many of us realize.... Thrasher, a gay Black man, brings figures from the viral underclass to life in this engaging, enraging read." -- The Boston Globe

ST presents Museum Confidential: "Souls Grown Deep Like Rivers"

We learn all about an art exhibition, opening soon in London, which collects 60+ works made by noted African-American artists over the past century.

A chat with Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell, whose TEDx Talk is titled "Why Black Patients Don't Trust the Healthcare System" (Encore)

Dr. Curry-Winchell, based in Reno, was named a Healthcare Hero by Nevada Business Magazine and was awarded the Community Service Award from the Washoe County Medical Society.

The American South...at the Royal Academy of Arts

Museum Confidential: Season 7, Episode 12.

Dr. Jabraan Pasha will be at the helm when Juno Medical opens an office in the Greenwood District

The forthcoming facility is scheduled to open this spring in a space near the Greenwood Rising building.