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• 50th ANNIVERSARY: April 4, 2018, marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. In this photographic essay with text by Wendi C. Thomas, streets around the world bearing King’s name of represent the legacy that he left behind.

NEWSNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE

THE RACE ISSUE, APRIL 2018Look for the ful l Apri l issue online at natgeo.com/TheRaceIssue

on March 12 and on newsstands March 27.

Please visit The Race Issue media toolkit , available HERE .Join the convers ation online with #IDefineMe

Available:• Interviews with writer Wendi C. Thomas • Photo gallery of streets attributed to Martin Luther King Jr. from around the world

Streets in His Name

• GENETICS OF RACE: Science tells us there is no genetic or scientific basis for race. This story, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert, looks at how similar we actually all are and the roots of scientific racism.

Available:• Interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert• Photos by photographer Robin Hammond• Powerful video of six individuals reacting to their shared DNA ancestry • Graphic showing how gene mutations determining skin color occurred as our

ancestors spread across the Earth

Skin Deep

The Race Issue kicks off National Geographic magazine’s “Diversity in America” seriesfor the rest of 2018, which will include multimedia coverage of racial, ethnic and religiousgroups in the United States and examine their changing roles in 21st-century life.

Diversity in America series

In her Editor’s Letter this month, Susan Goldberg reflects on the history of National Geographic’s coverage of race and why the commitment to illuminating the complexities of the human journey is more important now than ever before.

Letter from the Editor

“America Inside Out with Katie Couric,” a six-part weekly documentary series,premieres April 11 on National Geographic.

America Inside Out with Katie Couric

NEWSWhat Divides Us

• US VERSUS THEM: Looking at our evolutionary roots and psychological tendencies, author David Berreby presents the factors that cause humans to identify with some groups and not others.

• REVERSE ENGINEERING THE MIND: The article also explores efforts (such as counter-bias training of police officers) being made to overcome this bias to avoid societal conflict.

Available:• Interviews with writer David Berreby • Photos by photographer John Stanmeyer

The Rising Anxiety of White America• AN IMMINENT SHIFT: By 2044, America will be less than 50 percent white, a

reflection of a cultural shift that already is rippling across the nation. • POCKETS OF TENSION: Renowned journalist Michele Norris looks at the tension

in certain towns across the U.S. and forecasts the future of a more diverse population.

Available:• Interviews with writer Michele Norris• Photos by photographer Gillian Laub

The Stop• INTIMATE STORIES OF AN EXPERIENCE TOO UBIQUITOUS: Black and

Hispanic motorists are pulled over by police at rates far exceeding those for whites. For minorities nationwide, the message is intimidating and disheartening; we spoke with individuals who shared their experiences, including our own photographer, Wayne Lawrence.

• THE UNDEFEATED: ESPN’sThe Undefeated teamed up with National Geographic to ask people of color across the U.S. what it’s like to be racially profiled during a traffic stop, and the ripple effect such incidents can have on families and communities. This report also will appear on TheUndefeated.com.

Available:• Interviews with writer Michael Fletcher of The Undefeated• Interviews with photographer Wayne Lawrence• Powerful photos and videos of persons of color sharing their experiences of being

stopped by police

NEWSA Place of Their Own• HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES: As racial tensions

escalate, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are seeing a surge in enrollment and a new brand of activism.

Available:• Interviews with author Clint Smith III• Interviews with photographers Nina Robinson and Ruddy Roye• Uplifting video describing student fashion and its role in self-

expression at HBCUs • Photos of campus life at HBCUs around the U.S.

The Many Colors of Matrimony• CULTURAL SHIFT: In 2015, 17 percent of U.S. newlyweds had a spouse of a different race or ethnicity. That’s roughly a fivefold increase since

1967 when the U.S. Supreme Court made interracial marriage legal.• PHOTOGRAPHING THE NEWLYWEDS: National Geographic photographer Wayne Lawrence spent two days outside of a Manhattan

city clerk’s office capturing interracial couples just moments after tying the knot.

Available:• Photos of the couples by Wayne Lawrence• Moving, intimate and often hilarious interviews/b-roll of interracial couples describing how they feel their relationships are perceived by society