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From circa 1951: Sociologist and educator Charles S. Johnson tells how faith, morality and empathy helped lift his family from slavery and influence his own work for social justice in the United States.

Tom Verlaine, singer and guitarist for the iconic 1970s rock band Television, died at 73 years old.

Why did it take cells so long to link together and form tissues, organs, you, me, turtles, daisies? There was a couple of billion year pause before cells became multicellular. How come? With brilliant designer Paolo Ceric, we consider this puzzle of life.

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the effects of book bans on libraries and young readers.

Ed Gordon talks with CSI: New York actor Hill Harper about his new book Letters to a Young Brother: Manifest Your Destiny, a collection of essays meant to inspire young black men.

Depp has testified that Heard severed his finger with a shattered vodka bottle. On Thursday, her attorney used Depp's own words to suggest he did it himself. Depp is suing Heard for defamation.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Jhumpa Lahiri about her latest book 'Translating Myself and Others,' and the impact translating has had on her own writing in both Italian and English.

Ray Allen was serious about two things in life: his three-pointers and the Holocaust. NPR's Stacey Vanek Smith speaks with Allen about his experience visiting Auschwitz and some of the unexpected backlash he received once he returned home.

Depp says in court: "Never did I myself reach the point of striking Ms. Heard in any way, nor have I ever struck any woman in my life."

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Atlantic writer Jennifer Senior about grief.