Michele Norris

For A Black Doctor, Building Trust By Slowing Down

Michele Norris — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:14:00 +0000

It may be hard to imagine that people can distill their thoughts on a topic as complicated as race into just six words. But thousands of people have done just that for The Race Card Project, in which NPR host/special correspondent Michele Norris invites people to send in their microstories about race and cultural identity.

How 'Black Beauty' Changed The Way We See Horses

Michele Norris — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:16:00 +0000
NPR's Backseat Book Club is back! And we begin this round of reading adventures with a cherished classic: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. Generations of children and adults have loved this book.

'The Atlantic' Remembers Its Civil War Stories

Michele Norris — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:17:00 +0000
Today it is widely understood that slavery is a stain on American history — indelible and regrettable. But on the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War, a new issue of The Atlantic magazine reaches back to a time when this matter wasn't yet settled, and monumental questions were still up in the air: Would slavery continue? Would America remain united?
The magazine was founded by a group of prominent writers, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.

Fed Sticks With Record Low Interest Rates

Michele Norris — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:00:00 +0000
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors met Tuesday and announced that interest rates will likely remain at record lows for two more years. The action by the Fed was aimed at calming nervous investors.