New Orleans is gearing up for the U.S. Gymnastics Championships. From Aug. 7 to Aug.10, top gymnasts from around the country will head to the Crescent City to compete in rings, bars, balance beam, vault and more. Frederick Richard is an American artistic gymnast who competed for the U.S. Men’s gymnastics team at the 2024 Summer Olympics, taking home a bronze medal in the team event. He joins us to discuss his career and how he’s preparing for the competition.
July 30 marked the 159th anniversary of the New Orleans Mechanics Institute Massacre, a racially motivated mass killing of Black residents who were marching for their right to vote. In 2016, NPR’s Laine Kaplan Levinson examined the massacre for the Tripod Podcast. Today, we give their story a second listen to hear about the throughline between this event and the police violence we see today.
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