Chris Rock talked with Audie Cornish from NPR's New York bureau. Brian McCabe hide caption
Honoree Constance Rice, right, with Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca at the Peace Over Violence Annual Humanitarian Awards Dinner in 2007. E. Charbonneau/WireImage via Getty hide caption
Members of the St. Louis Rams raise their arms in a "hands up, don't shoot" pose as they walk onto the field before an NFL football game against the Oakland Raiders. L.G. Patterson/AP hide caption
People line the road to greet Sinterklaas, the Dutch version of Santa Claus, and his "Swarte Piet" (Black Pete) sidekicks in Amsterdam on Nov. 17, 2013. In the past few years, Black Pete has come under fire. Some say it's a beloved tradition that should remain; others say it is a racist stereotype. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption
The story in Never Alone is based on a Native Alaskan legend about a quest to end a never-ending blizzard. E-Line Media hide caption
Justin Hopkins sings during a tribute show for Booker Wright, who worked in a whites-only restaurant in the Mississippi Delta. Brandall Atkinson/Courtesy of Southern Foodways Alliance hide caption
Aashana Vishnani's graduation from the Auburn University last year. Courtesy of Aashana Vishnani hide caption
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Karen Gold paints on a boarded window of her store in Ferguson, Mo. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A crowd rallies to protest the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Sid Hastings/AP hide caption
A worker cleans up glass outside a Quiznos restaurant that was damaged during a demonstration Tuesday in Ferguson, Mo. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Youths walk past a mural depicting peace in Ferguson on a vacant building up the street from the city's police department. David Goldman/AP hide caption
Protesters and law enforcement officers face off during a protest outside the Ferguson Police Department in October. Ferguson police statistics show the department arrest blacks at a higher rate than other racial groups — but that disparity is true for police departments across the country. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption
After Chadwick Boseman played Jackie Robinson in 2013's 42, he starred as a suspiciously tall James Brown in 2014's Get On Up. Universal Pictures hide caption
Edward Blum announces the filing of two lawsuits on Monday, challenging the alleged racial preference admissions policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Kerry Washington plays Olivia Pope on Shonda Rhimes' political drama Scandal, one of TV's most talked-about broadcast shows. Danny Feld/ABC hide caption
Former Georgia Gov. Carl Sanders shakes hands with members of the crowd at a campaign event leading up to a runoff against Jimmy Carter for the Democratic nomination for Governor in Atlanta. AP hide caption