Redbone's hit cracked the Billboard Top 5 this month in 1974. It was a first for a band with all Native and Mexican American members — but the song itself had a quietly political message, too.

Brands, developers and even city officials are embracing the global appeal of street art, but the boom comes with questions about preserving a neighborhood’s cultural cachet.

A fan of both The Beatles and Beyoncé, 82-year-old Melba Pattillo Beals says the song is more special to her than ever. She is one of the Black students who helped desegregate U.S. public schools.

The township is the oldest Black-incorporated municipality in Florida.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Hawaiian native Ryan Ozawa about a pair of bills in the state legislature that would make the shaka an official state gesture.

"I paint myself because that's who I know the best," the late Mexican artist once wrote. So it's fitting that a new documentary about Kahlo's life tells her story using her own words and art.

Since his death at 96, tributes to the singer and activist have centered on his legacies in the U.S. But it's impossible to grasp Harry Belafonte's larger meaning without first understanding his island roots.

Pictures of happiness, of a disappearing Sierra Leonean island, of a pair of flip-flop-clad feet poking out of the Indian Ocean surf: Here are our photo stories from 2023 that we won't forget.

NPR staff and freelance visual journalists travelled across the country to cover everything from the wildfires in Maui and climate change to asylum-seekers and a forgotten opera.

From across the country, NPR member station visual journalists have documented events in their states and cities. These images represent some of the year's most remarkable stories.