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Mya Thompson's letters home from the Elephant bai.

The new film Stander recounts the true story of Andre Stander, a South African policeman who gained notoriety when he turned against the apartheid regime and took up a life of crime after committing a government-sanctioned murder. David D'Arcy reports.

Aquil Abdullah is about to become the first African-American man to row in the Olympics. His first heat is Saturday, in the two-man scull. The 33-year-old is a graduate of the only public high school in Washington, D.C. with a rowing program. Hear Abdullah and NPR's Michele Norris.

NPR's Tavis Smiley speaks with Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie, live from the floor of the GOP convention in New York. We also hear from Yvonne Brown of Tchula, Miss., the only African-American woman mayor in the country and first-time convention delegate.

The Parent Teacher Association has worked to bridge the gap between parents and teachers for decades. The National PTA just created the position of CEO and has named an African-American woman, Warlene Gary, to lead the organization. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with Gary about her new role and the challenges of getting parents active in their child's education.

Eddie McCoy is an unlikely historian. He grew up and has lived his whole life in Oxford, North Carolina -- a tobacco town of some 10,000 people. When he was injured in a car accident and couldn’t keep working, he found a tape recorder and started interviewing people. His work is a unique window on small town life in the South.

U.S. employers added 428,000 jobs in April, as the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%.

When it comes to the legacy of American slavery, commentator S. Pearl Sharp has discovered that African Americans are in need of spiritual healing. But she also believes that they are not alone.

NPR's Allison Keyes examines the state of black philanthropy in the nation. At a recent conference in Connecticut, hundreds gathered to discuss ways to help empower African Americans to make a greater financial difference in their communities.

NPR's Robert Siegel spends a year with Maria Jooste as she tries to launch an opera career. It's a year of acting classes, singing lessons, understudy appearances and an unexpected stage debut. It's also a year of setbacks, and the realization that a stellar voice may not guarantee stardom.