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Betto Arcos says the style of music is so vibrant because it comes from the Caribbean side of Mexico and has all the influences of that region.

As history marches on, space for memorials on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is shrinking. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, which officially begins construction Nov. 13, may perhaps be the last monument to be built on the parcel.

Russell, who died July 31, led the Boston Celtics to 11 NBA titles. He was also the first Black head coach in the NBA and a civil rights activist. Originally broadcast in 2001.

In Pride of Carthage, David Anthony Durham delivers a historical novel about the great North African general, Hannibal. Reviewer Alan Cheuse calls it a masterly rendering of antique Mediterranean-and world-history.

Over a century ago, an ex-slave named Callie House demanded that the U.S. government pay ex-slaves for unpaid labor. Activist and author Mary Frances Berry documents House's reparations movement in a new book, My Face is Black is True: Callie House and The Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations. Ed Gordon talks with Berry.

A husband and wife photography team, based in Atlanta, create avant-garde and futuristic shoots for their clients, which are all children. Many are highlighted in their new book, Glory.

When the tennis megastar announced her plans to retire from competition last week, she said her future will involve a renewed focus on a venture capital firm she quietly founded eight years ago.

Jim Walton, head of CNN Worldwide, has announced he will step down at the end of the year.

Vernon Jackson thought his telecommunications invention would bring him wealth and success. But his dealings with a corrupt congressman eventually landed him in prison. He has since emerged from prison, reinvented as a man of faith.

The terrorist network has been testing a new strategy: trying to capture territory and win over citizens by governing them and providing social services. The group failed in Iraq, but is still trying in Somalia, Yemen and, most recently, in the northern deserts of Mali.