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A protester holds her hands up in front of a police car in Ferguson, Mo., on November 25, 2014.

Russians Targeted U.S. Racial Divisions Long Before 2016 And Black Lives Matter

Facebook ads and other types of racial agitation are the latest examples in a long line of information operations aimed at amplifying tensions within the U.S. that dates back to the time of Dr. King.

Workers load a statue of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson on a flatbed truck in the early hours of Wednesday in Baltimore. A campaign to remove symbols of the Civil War-era, pro-slavery secessionist republic is gathering momentum across the United States.

Trump Defends 'Beauty' Of Confederate Memorials

The tweets come after days of the president whipsawing back and forth on his response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., that led to the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer.

Trump Defends 'Beauty' Of Confederate Memorials

The tweets come after days of the president whipsawing back and forth on his response to the violence in Charlottesville, Va., that led to the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer.

From Hamilton To Grant: Ron Chernow Paints A 'Farsighted' President in New Biography

After the massive success of his last book, which inspired an award-winning Broadway musical, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ron Chernow is back with a new biography of President Ulysses S. Grant.

Annie Johnson and her daughters Fatuma Abdullahi, 14, and Maryan Osman, 15. Fatuma and Maryan were refugees from Somalia's civil war, but found a family and new life with the Johnsons.

Sisters Find Home In Utah After Somali Civil War Made Them Refugees

Annie and Randall Johnson have two teenage daughters who came to the U.S. as refugees from the Somali civil war. Since meeting, they've learned about both cultures, all while becoming a family.

Meet African-American musician Daryl Davis, who has a peculiar passion — meeting and befriending members of the Ku Klux Klan in an attempt to change their minds and forge racial conciliation, one racist at a time.

INDEPENDENT LENS: Accidental Courtesy

Airs Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Ala., to the state capital in Montgomery in 1965.

Russians Targeted U.S. Racial Divisions Long Before 2016 And Black Lives Matter

Facebook ads and other types of racial agitation are the latest examples in a long line of information operations aimed at amplifying tensions within the U.S. that dates back to the time of Dr. King.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., discusses the release of the House Republican plan on health care reform at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research on June 22, 2016, in Washington, D.C.

Scalise Is The 17th Member of Congress Shot While In Office

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., remains in critical condition after being shot Wednesday during a morning baseball practice.

Harold Dahmer, whose father Vernon Dahmer was killed in 1966 by the Ku Klux Klan, smiles when he sees a photograph of his younger self on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

'Uncomfortable' Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Aims To Face Past, Move Forward

Organizers hope to stay focused on the museum's message for its opening, despite African-American congressmen's objections to President Trump's presence.

Koreans — many of them elderly — line up to receive 500 won, or about 50 cents, from Shin Banpo Church in southern Seoul. Each week, organizers say, a few hundred seniors show up at each church that offers the service, and the line starts hours in advance.

A Forgotten Generation: Half Of South Korea's Elderly Live In Poverty

In a country known for its tech advances and rapid economic rise, the generation responsible for the growth isn't faring so well. Half of South Korea's seniors live below the poverty line.

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