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Video: Race & ethnicity  
How much will Obama’s race matter?
Sept. 22: A new AP/Yahoo poll suggests that a substantial portion of white voters have negative feelings toward blacks. A Hardball panel discusses the effect race will have on the 2008 presidential race.

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  Stand and be counted
Gut Check America

In the year of Barack Obama, there is much discussion of the state of race relations in America. But many other race-related topics are barely being discussed. Read NBC Senior Vice President Mark Whitaker's essay on the subject and then tell us what's going on in your town or community.

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Image: Dr. Martin Luther King
  Martin Luther King Jr.
See the civil rights leader in speeches and marches from Alabama to Washington.

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