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RC29MDAMISVE Children play in front of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 28, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis

RC2GEH9JIYSR Children play as a man takes a photo of the Emancipation Memorial, depicting President Abraham Lincoln standing over a kneeling African-American slave who has broken chains on his feet and hands, which has come under recent scrutiny in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

RC2GEH9Z7233 Children play in front of the Emancipation Memorial, depicting President Abraham Lincoln standing over a kneeling African-American slave who has broken chains on his feet and hands, which has come under recent scrutiny in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

D1BETQLXLAAA In the eyes of four-year-old Autumn Unaeze, her grandfather in his blue police uniform is a superhero protecting people. Yet, there are troubling realities about police that her mother knows she must begin sharing with her: first, how other officers could harm her black family, and then how law enforcement officers can be targets themselves, after three were killed in an attack near her Baton Rouge home on Sunday. Across the United States, African-American parents, teachers and other adults face a difficult decision - how and at what age to talk to children about a racially charged debate over policing and tensions over the shooting deaths of black men by officers in a country that struggles to end racism. That conversation has grown more urgent in recent weeks. In the tumult of social media, ever-younger children have been exposed to grainy videos of black men dying at the hands of law enforcement or to blanket news coverage of black-led protests over use of police force. Then they've seen the shock in communities whose officers are gunned down in the line of duty. Families that may have once discussed racial disparities in policing with older teens now face questions from preschoolers such as Autumn, who want to know why people are being so mean. Others ask why people are protesting or why police now face ambushes as in Baton Rouge and Dallas, where five officers were killed earlier this month. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dubinsky SEARCH "DUBINSKY QUESTIONS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

GF20000073303 The children of Dutch migrants Reggio de Jong (L) and Elisabeth Cobben have their hands washed during their parents' wedding ceremony in the second public marriage ever held under the African-American Winti religion in district Para, Suriname, November 18, 2015. The Winti religion, which formed centuries ago out of elements of different religious traditions that African slaves brought with them to Suriname, was considered a form idolatry and prohibited by law since the days of slavery until it was finally officially recognized in 1971. Marriages under Winti tradition have only been permitted by law since 2011, but this is only the second ever in public according to Winti wedding counselor Kortencia Sumter-Griffith. Picture taken November 18, 2015. REUTERS/Ranu Abhelakh

GM1EACE07FJ01 A firefighter cries during the funeral of Joyce Craig, Philadelphia's first female firefighter killed in the line of duty, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania December 13, 2014. Craig, 36, died battling a blaze in a basement in the West Oak Lane section of the city on Tuesday. Fire officials said her role helped other firefighters save an elderly, frail woman located in another part of the home. She is survived by two children, a 16 year old son and 16 month old daughter. REUTERS/Mark Makela (UNITED STATES - Tags: OBITUARY)

GM1EA9U1RRW01 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks to children at Bernhard Moos Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, September 2, 2014. Emanuel won election as mayor of Chicago three years ago in part because of his strength in the African-American community, but enough black voters have since soured on him that a black labor leader is emerging as a potential rival in the city's February election. Picture taken September 2, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION)

GM1EA9U1ROI01 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks to children in a Grade One class at Bernhard Moos Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, September 2, 2014. Emanuel won election as mayor of Chicago three years ago in part because of his strength in the African-American community, but enough black voters have since soured on him that a black labor leader is emerging as a potential rival in the city's February election. Picture taken September 2, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION)

GM1EA9U1RLQ01 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel reads a book to children in a Grade One class at Bernhard Moos Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, September 2, 2014. Emanuel won election as mayor of Chicago three years ago in part because of his strength in the African-American community, but enough black voters have since soured on him that a black labor leader is emerging as a potential rival in the city's February election. Picture taken September 2, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION)

GM1EA9U1RCD01 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks to children in a Grade One class at Bernhard Moos Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, September 2, 2014. Emanuel won election as mayor of Chicago three years ago in part because of his strength in the African-American community, but enough black voters have since soured on him that a black labor leader is emerging as a potential rival in the city's February election. Picture taken September 2, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION)

GM1EA8F0WNB01 Children hold signs as they line up in the street during a peaceful demonstration, as communities react to the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri August 14, 2014. Missouri's governor Jay Nixon moved on Thursday to calm days of racially charged protests over the police shooting of Brown, an unarmed black teenager, naming the African-American captain of the Highway Patrol Ron Johnson to oversee security in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

GM1EA4E01YD01 Edmond Aviv, 62, sits with a sign he made at a street corner in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid, Ohio April 13, 2014. Aviv, who called his neighbor "Monkey Mama" as she held her adopted, disabled African-American children, and has smeared dog feces on their wheelchair ramp, was ordered by a judge to carry an "I AM A BULLY!" sign on the busy street on Sunday. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY)

GM1EA4E01E701 Edmond Aviv, 62, sits with a sign he made at a street corner in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid, Ohio April 13, 2014. Aviv, who called his neighbor "Monkey Mama" as she held her adopted, disabled African-American children, and has smeared dog feces on their wheelchair ramp, was ordered by a judge to carry an "I AM A BULLY!" sign on the busy street on Sunday. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY)

GM1EA4D1UDK01 Edmond Aviv, 62, sits with a sign he made at a street corner in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid, Ohio April 13, 2014. Aviv, who called his neighbor "Monkey Mama" as she held her adopted, disabled African-American children, and has smeared dog feces on their wheelchair ramp, was ordered by a judge to carry an "I AM A BULLY!" sign on the busy street on Sunday. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRANSPORT)

GM1EA4D1U2Z01 Edmond Aviv, 62, sits with a sign he made as a man takes a picture, at a street corner in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid, Ohio April 13, 2014. Aviv, who called his neighbor "Monkey Mama" as she held her adopted, disabled African-American children, and has smeared dog feces on their wheelchair ramp, was ordered by a judge to carry an "I AM A BULLY!" sign on the busy street on Sunday. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

GM1EA4D1U2T01 Edmond Aviv, 62, sits with a sign he made at a street corner in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid, Ohio April 13, 2014. Aviv, who called his neighbor "Monkey Mama" as she held her adopted, disabled African-American children, and has smeared dog feces on their wheelchair ramp, was ordered by a judge to carry an "I AM A BULLY!" sign on the busy street on Sunday. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRANSPORT)

GM1EA4D1U2P01 Edmond Aviv (L), 62, sits with a sign he made, as a car stop to take pictures, at a street corner in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid, Ohio April 13, 2014. Aviv, who called his neighbor "Monkey Mama" as she held her adopted, disabled African-American children, and has smeared dog feces on their wheelchair ramp, was ordered by a judge to carry an "I AM A BULLY!" sign on the busy street on Sunday. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRANSPORT)

GM1EA4D1TTN01 Edmond Aviv, 62, sits with a sign he made at a street corner in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid, Ohio April 13, 2014. Aviv, who called his neighbor "Monkey Mama" as she held her adopted, disabled African-American children, and has smeared dog feces on their wheelchair ramp, was ordered by a judge to carry an "I AM A BULLY!" sign on the busy street on Sunday. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

GF2EA4D18Z401 South Euclid resident Bill Schneeberg (R) talks to Edmond Aviv as the latter sits with a sign he made, at a street corner in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid, Ohio April 13, 2014. Aviv, 62, who called his neighbor "Monkey Mama" as she held her adopted, disabled African-American children, and has smeared dog feces on their wheelchair ramp, was ordered by a judge to carry an "I AM A BULLY!" sign on the busy street on Sunday. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY)

GM1E9CM0D4701 Children play games as they wait in line for holiday gifts and toys to be distributed to underprivileged children at the Fred Jordan Mission in Los Angeles December 21, 2013. REUTERS/Phil McCarten (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY)

GM1E9CH0QN201 African American Santa Claus Langston Patterson, 77, waits for children to arrive at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall in Los Angeles, California, December 16, 2013. Patterson has worked as Santa since 2004 at the mall, which is one of the few in the country with a black Santa Claus. A New Mexico teacher who told an African American student that Santa Claus was white has been put on paid administrative leave, an official said on Monday. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

GM1E9CH0QF701 African American Santa Claus Langston Patterson, 77, waits for children to arrive at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall in Los Angeles, California, December 16, 2013. Patterson has worked as Santa since 2004 at the mall, which is one of the few in the country with a black Santa Claus. A New Mexico teacher who told an African American student that Santa Claus was white has been put on paid administrative leave, an official said on Monday. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

GM1E9CH0OM901 African American Santa Claus Langston Patterson, 77, laughs as he greets children at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall in Los Angeles, California, December 16, 2013. Patterson has worked as Santa since 2004 at the mall, which is one of the few in the country with a black Santa Claus. A New Mexico teacher who told an African American student that Santa Claus was white has been put on paid administrative leave, an official said on Monday. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

GM1E9CH0O9K01 African American Santa Claus Langston Patterson, 77, poses with Jordan Petterway (L), 1, and Jaiden Morman (R), 2, at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall in Los Angeles, California, December 16, 2013. Patterson has worked as Santa since 2004 at the mall, which is one of the few in the country with a black Santa Claus. A New Mexico teacher who told an African American student that Santa Claus was white has been put on paid administrative leave, an official said on Monday. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

GM1E9CH0O3J01 African American Santa Claus Langston Patterson, 77, poses with Jordan Petterway (L), 1, and Jaiden Morman (R), 2, at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall in Los Angeles, California, December 16, 2013. Patterson has worked as Santa since 2004 at the mall, which is one of the few in the country with a black Santa Claus. A New Mexico teacher who told an African American student that Santa Claus was white has been put on paid administrative leave, an official said on Monday. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

GM1E9CH0NMU01 African American Santa Claus Langston Patterson, 77, waits for children to arrive at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza mall in Los Angeles, California, December 16, 2013. Patterson has worked as Santa since 2004 at the mall, which is one of the few in the country with a black Santa Claus. A New Mexico teacher who told an African American student that Santa Claus was white has been put on paid administrative leave, an official said on Monday. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

TM4E973103K01 Ahmat Djouma takes part in shot put at Camp Abilities in Brockport, New York, June 25, 2013. Camp Abilities is a not-for-profit week-long developmental camp using sports to foster greater independence and confidence in children who are blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind. Photo taken June 25, 2013. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION HEALTH SOCIETY SPORT)

TM4E9730ZYI01 Ahmat Djouma walks with his white cane with counselor Adam Dwyer at Camp Abilities in Brockport, New York, June 25, 2013. Camp Abilities is a not-for-profit week-long developmental camp using sports to foster greater independence and confidence in children who are blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind. Photo taken June 25, 2013. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION HEALTH SOCIETY SPORT)

TM4E9730ZWU01 Ahmat Djouma learns to float in the pool with his counselor Adam Dwyer at Camp Abilities in Brockport, New York, June 26, 2013. Camp Abilities is a not-for-profit week-long developmental camp using sports to foster greater independence and confidence in children who are blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind. Photo taken June 26, 2013. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION HEALTH SOCIETY SPORT)

TM4E9730ZW001 Makka Djouma is seen at Camp Abilities in Brockport, New York, June 26, 2013. Camp Abilities is a not-for-profit week-long developmental camp using sports to foster greater independence and confidence in children who are blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind. Photo taken June 26, 2013. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (UNITED STATES - Tags: EDUCATION HEALTH SOCIETY SPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

GM1E9360GRZ01 Myrlande Eustache picks up her four-year-old son Garvens from Action for Boston Community Development's (ABCD) Head Start program in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts March 5, 2013. Eustache says that having her son in Head Start, which provides early learning for children, helps her to attend school. According to ABCD, 95 percent of the money for the Head Start program comes from the federal government, funding that faces cuts under sequestration. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS EDUCATION SOCIETY)

GM1E9250CNX01 Ronnie Chambers Jr. looks at his mother Tahitah Myles (obscured) as she collapses during the funeral for his father Ronnie Chambers, 33, a victim of gun violence, in Chicago February 4, 2013. Shirley Chambers of Chicago had four children - three boys and a girl. Now they're all gone. Her son, Ronnie Chambers, was the last of the single mother's children - all victims of gun violence in Chicago over a period of 18 years. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW) FOR BEST QUALITY IMAGE SEE:GM1E9AJ160X01

GM1E9220DME01 Children sit on a step in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, February 1, 2013. The San Francisco 49ers will meet the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL championship Super Bowl football game February 3. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL SOCIETY)

GM1E8CC0E2601 U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama (R) poses with Staff Sergeant Tamla Bumbury as she takes part in the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots campaign, which collects toys for needy children, at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington December 11, 2012. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY MILITARY)

LM2E85817ZP01 Montgomery, 28, (L) ties the shoelace of her son Levell Jones, 7, whom she hasn't seen in 17 months, at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California May 5, 2012. An annual Mother's Day event, Get On The Bus, brings children in California to visit their mothers in prison. Sixty percent of parents in state prison report being held over 100 miles from their children. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY)

LM2E85817ZM01 Montgomery, 28, (C) hugs her son Levell Jones, 7, whom she hasn't seen in 17 months, at California Institute for Women state prison in Chino, California May 5, 2012. An annual Mother's Day event, Get On The Bus, brings children in California to visit their mothers in prison. Sixty percent of parents in state prison report being held over 100 miles from their children. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW SOCIETY)

GM1E77D0TCN01 A girl watches as children play in the water at Kosciuszko Pool in Brooklyn on a hot summer day in New York July 12, 2011. The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for New York City, with temperatures expected to top 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius), as an intense heat wave sweeps central and eastern parts of the country. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)

GM1E73H18QN01 Regional coordinator Charles Evans (C) picks up children from school to take them to an after-school program at South Los Angeles Learning Center in Los Angeles, California March 16, 2011. The center is run by School on Wheels, which uses volunteers to tutor homeless children in shelters, parks, motels, and two centers. There has been a surge in the number of homeless children in Los Angeles in the last five years, due to persistent unemployment and mounting foreclosures. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION IMAGES OF THE DAY)

GM1E61H0RFH01 Honoree singer Mary J. Blige arrives with her husband Kendu Isaacs and her step-children Nas (L) and Jordan (R) for the BET Honors in Washington January 16, 2010. Sponsored by the Black Entertainment Television network, the awards show celebrate the life works and accomplishments of inspiring African Americans, according to their website. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT)

GM1E5CL0QUQ01 Family members hold bags of toys they received at Fred Jordan Mission's 66th annual Family Christmas Celebration and Toy Party in Los Angeles, California, December 20, 2009. Approximately 10,000 underprivileged children and their families queued to receive some 50,000 new toys, warm clothes, blankets and Christmas dinner food bags during the event. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

GM1E57B0HCA01 U.S. President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle Obama and their children Malia and Sasha (2nd R) arrive in Accra, Ghana, July 10, 2009. Obama was given a hero's welcome in Ghana on Friday on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office as the first African American president of the United States. REUTERS/Jason Reed (GHANA POLITICS)

GM1E57B0H8N01 U.S. President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle Obama and their children Malia and Sasha (2nd R) arrive in Accra, Ghana, July 10, 2009. Obama was given a hero's welcome in Ghana on Friday on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office as the first African American president of the United States. REUTERS/Jason Reed (GHANA POLITICS)

GM1E59F1FUT01 American pop star Madonna's adopted son David Banda (L) looks at children at a school she financed some 50km south of Malawi's capital Lilongwe, March 30, 2009. A court in Malawi is expected to rule on Friday whether U.S. pop singer Madonna can adopt a second child from the southern African country, a move likely to be opposed by human rights groups.Madonna appeared in court on Monday seeking to adopt a four-year-old girl, Mercy James. The case was adjourned until April 3. Picture taken on March 30, 2009.REUTERS/Antony Njuguna (MALAWI ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE

GM1E4AT0JH601 John (L) and Arline (R) Kercher speak to reporters with their children Stephanie (2nd L), Lyle (C) and John after a court session in Perugia October 28, 2008. An African immigrant was on Tuesday convicted of the rape and murder of British exchange student Meredith Kercher, and two others, including an American student, were ordered to stand trial by an Italian judge. Rudy Guede, 21, born in the Ivory Coast, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in connection with the murder last November of 21-year-old Kercher, whose semi-naked body was found in her apartment in the university city of Perugia in central Italy. REUTERS/Daniele La Monaca (ITALY)

GM1E46D0L6001 Adoptive mother Theresa Alden with her sons Gavin (L), 6, and Graem, 4, at their residence in Lancaster , Pennsylvania, June 10, 2008. Alden's children, Gavin and Graem, are two of around 140,000 adopted in the United States each year. Of those, around 20,000 are adopted by adults of a different race. But black children in foster care are less likely to be adopted into a family than children from other races and U.S. laws governing adoption are failing, according to a major new report. Picture taken June 10, 2008. To match feature USA-ADOPTION/ REUTERS/Tim Shaffer (UNITED STATES)

GM1E45M141701 An elementary schoolgirl rests next to a traditional Japanese calculating tool called the soroban (abacus) during the 26th American school soroban contest in Tokyo May 22, 2008. Over 100 children from American schools in U.S. military bases in Japan participated in the competition. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN)

GM1DVQTFCXAA Maranatha International volunteers of the U.S. scrub the floor in a ward of the local hospital in the town of Jeypore in the Indian state of Orissa June 26, 2007. A group of fifty volunteers of the Seventh Day Adventist Church spent two weeks in India doing community work in a local hospital and two schools, one that serves tribal underprivileged children of the lowest caste in the Indian hierarchy and another for blind children. Picture taken June 26, 2007. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (INDIA)

GM1DVQTDFDAA Maranatha International volunteers of the U.S. work at the local hospital in the town of Jeypore in the Indian state of Orissa June 27, 2007. A group of 50 volunteers of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in the U.S. spent two weeks in India doing community work at a hospital and two schools, one of which educates underprivileged tribal children of the lowest caste in the Indian caste system and another for blind children. Picture taken June 27, 2007. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (INDIA)

GM1DVEWMGVAA Chuck Knipp reaches for a fan who drops his pants at Knipp's request backstage after he performed as the blackface character Shirley Q. Liquor at Fusion night club in Louisville, Kentucky May 6, 2007. Knipp, a 45-year-old Caucasian male, has been performing the character based on his childhood African-American nanny in Orange, Texas. Liquor is a caricature of poor African-Americans, who has 19 children, no husband and lives on public subsidy. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)

GM1DVEWLWDAB Chuck Knipp (R), as the blackface character Shirley Q. Liquor, draws laughter from fans after collecting $19 in tips, $1 for each of her "19 chilren" (children), at Fusion night club in Louisville, Kentucky May 6, 2007. Knipp, a 45-year-old Caucasian male, has been performing the character based on his childhood African-American nanny in Orange, Texas. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)

GM1DVEWLWDAA Chuck Knipp cleans off make-up from an earlier performance as Betty Butterfield transitions into his blackface character Shirley Q. Liquor at Fusion night club in Louisville, Kentucky May 6, 2007. Knipp, a 45-year-old Caucasian male, has been performing the character based on his childhood African-American nanny in Orange, Texas. Liquor is a caricature of poor African-Americans, who has 19 children, no husband and lives on public subsidy. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)

GM1DVEWLWAAA Chuck Knipp finishes off 750ml of rum after his performance as the blackface character Shirley Q. Liquor at Fusion night club in Louisville, Kentucky May 6, 2007. Knipp, a 45-year-old Caucasian male, has been performing the character based on his childhood African-American nanny in Orange, Texas. Liquor is a caricature of poor African-Americans, who has 19 children, no husband and lives on public subsidy. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)

GM1DVEWLVYAA Chuck Knipp wipes make-up off his face backstage after he performed as the blackface character Shirley Q. Liquor at Fusion night club in Louisville, Kentucky May 6, 2007. Knipp, a 45-year-old Caucasian male, has been performing the character based on his childhood African-American nanny in Orange, Texas. Liquor is a caricature of poor African-Americans, who has 19 children, no husband and lives on public subsidy. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)

GM1DVEWJWJAA Chuck Knipp (L) reaches for a fan who drops his pants at Knipp's request backstage after he performed as the blackface character Shirley Q. Liquor at Fusion night club in Louisville, Kentucky May 6, 2007. Knipp, a 45-year-old Caucasian male, has been performing the character based on his childhood African-American nanny in Orange, Texas. Liquor is a caricature of poor African-Americans, who has 19 children, no husband and lives on public subsidy. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)

GM1DVCWIEHAA Josh Groban (C) poses with members of the African Children's Choir during the "Idol Gives Back" show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles April 25, 2007. The "American Idol" special charity event benefits relief programs for children and young people in extreme poverty. The show airs on Fox tonight at 8. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES)

GM1DVCWHYJAA Josh Groban (C) poses with members of the African Children's Choir during the "Idol Gives Back" show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles April 25, 2007. The "American Idol" special charity event benefits relief programs for children and young people in extreme poverty. The show airs on Fox tonight at 8. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES)

GM1DVCVSVQAA Josh Groban (C) poses with members of the African Children's Choir during the "Idol Gives Back" show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles April 25, 2007. The "American Idol" special charity event benefits relief programs for children and young people in extreme poverty. The show airs on Fox tonight at 8. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES)

GM1DVCVSTKAA Josh Groban (C) poses with members of the African Children's Choir during the "Idol Gives Back" show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles April 25, 2007. The "American Idol" special charity event benefits relief programs for children and young people in extreme poverty. The show airs on Fox tonight at 8. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES)

GM1DVCVSSOAA Josh Groban (C) poses with members of the African Children's Choir during the "Idol Gives Back" show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles April 25, 2007. The "American Idol" special charity event benefits relief programs for children and young people in extreme poverty. The show airs on Fox tonight at 8. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES)

GM1DTWYKYBAA Children play at the B.W. Cooper housing project in New Orleans, Louisiana November 5, 2006. Plans to demolish thousands of publicly funded apartments have sparked impassioned debate in a city where affordable housing is in short supply. Picture taken November 5, 2006. To match feature LIFE NEWORLEANS HOUSING REUTERS/Lee Celano (UNITED STATES)

GM1DSDWHAAAA The family of Gordon Parks, including his grandson Alain Brouillaud, (L) his children Toni Parks (C), David Parks (2nd R) and Leslie Parks (R), stand as Gordon Parks' casket is carried to a hearse after his funeral service at Riverside Church in New York March 14, 2006. Parks, the pioneering black photographer and filmmaker who explored the African-American experience in his work, including landmark movies "The Learning Tree" and "Shaft," died on March 7, 2006 at the age of 93. REUTERS/Mike Segar

PBEAHUNQXBD 'American Idol' judge Randy Jackson (L) poses with singer Mary J. Blige as they arrive at a pre-Oscar benefit, Vanity Fair's Amped for Africa California benefit, in Los Angeles March 2, 2006. [Academy Award nominee for best actress Charlize Theron hosted the event which spotlights the Charlize Theron African Outreach Project benefitting Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network, that helps support vulnerable children and their families in rural South Africa.]

GM1DSBRHRYAA 'American Idol' judge Randy Jackson (R) poses singer Van Hunt as they at a pre-Oscar benefit, Vanity Fair's Amped for Africa California benefit, in Los Angeles March 2, 2006. Academy Award nominee for best actress Charlize Theron hosted the event which spotlights the Charlize Theron African Outreach Project benefitting Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network, that helps support vulnerable children and their families in rural South Africa. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

GM1DSBRHFEAA 'American Idol' judge Randy Jackson (L) poses with singer Mary J. Blige as they arrive at a pre-Oscar benefit, Vanity Fair's Amped for Africa California benefit, in Los Angeles March 2, 2006. Academy Award nominee for best actress Charlize Theron hosted the event which spotlights the Charlize Theron African Outreach Project benefitting Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network, that helps support vulnerable children and their families in rural South Africa. REUTERS/Fred Prouser

RP2DSFIOBMAB School children read the first of a nine-part series of comics on Nelson Mandela's life, in Johannesburg's Alexandra township, October 27, 2005. Mandela is due to launch the first in the "Madiba Legacy Series" in Johannesburg on Friday. Some one million copies of the first book, sponsored by mining group Anglo American, are being shipped to South African schools and newspapers for free distribution. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

RP2DSFIOBMAA School children, Pontso Motaung (L) and Alinah Letsoalo (R), read the first of a nine-part series of comics on Nelson Mandela's life in Johannesburg's Alexandra township October 27, 2005. Mandela is due to launch the first in the "Madiba Legacy Series" in Johannesburg on Friday. Some one million copies of the first book, sponsored by mining group Anglo American, are being shipped to South African schools and newspapers for free distribution. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko PP05100299 ODLY

RP4DRHYNAYAB Sister Elaine Frederick (C) of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, helpschildren from the community center of St. Frances Academy work on amosaic mural July 18, 2003. The Oblate Sisters, founded in 1828, arethe oldest order of African-American nuns in the United States, and arecelebrating their 175th anniversary. REUTERS/Joe GizaJG

RP4DRHYNAYAA Sister Elaine Frederick (2nd L) of the Oblate Sisters of Providence,helps children from the community center of St. Frances Academy work ona mosaic mural July 18, 2003. The Oblate Sisters, founded in 1828, arethe oldest order of African-American nuns in the United States, and arecelebrating their 175th anniversary. REUTERS/Joe GizaJG

RP4DRHYMYTAA Sister Elaine Frederick (C, background) of the Oblate Sisters ofProvidence, helps children from the community center of St. FrancesAcademy work on a mosaic mural, of which a larger part is on the floorin the foreground, July 18, 2003. The Oblate Sisters, founded in 1828,are the oldest order of African-American nuns in the United States, andare celebrating their 175th anniversary. REUTERS/Joe GizaJG

RP4DRHYMCUAB U.S. First Lady Laura Bush talks to schoolchildren who performed forher during a visit to the Botswana-Baylor Children's Centre ofExcellence in Gaborone, July 10, 2003. The First Lady, accompanying herhusband on a five-nation tour of Africa, said she hoped the compassionof American staff working at the centre, which treats mothers andchildren with HIV and trains specialist staff, would show Africans the"real face of America". REUTERS/Mike HutchingsMH/

RP4DRHYMCTAB U.S. First Lady Laura Bush and Botswana's First Lady Barbara Mogae (L)talk to schoolchildren who performed during a visit to theBotswana-Baylor Children's Centre of Excellence in Gaborone, July 10,2003. The First Lady, accompanying her husband on a five-nation tour ofAfrica, said she hoped the compassion of American staff working at thecentre, which treats mothers and children with HIV and trainsspecialist staff, would show Africans the "real face of America".REUTERS/Mike HutchingsMH/

RP4DRHYLPLAA United States first lady Laura Bush and Botswana's first lady BarbaraMogae (L) talk to four-year-old Liam Kealotswe during a visit to theBotswana-Baylor Children's Centre of Excellence in Gaborone, July 10,2003. The First Lady, accompanying her husband on a five-nation tour ofAfrica, said she hoped the compassion of American staff working at thecentre, which treats mothers and children with HIV and trainsspecialist staff, would show Africans the "real face of America".REUTERS/Mike HutchingsMH/WS

RP4DRHYLPIAB United States first lady Laura Bush helps children at theBotswana-Baylor Children's Centre of Excellence in Gaborone paint "HopeDolls", designed to help reduce the stigma of HIV, July 10, 2003. TheFirst Lady said she hoped the compassion of American staff working atthe centre, which treats mothers and children with HIV and trainsspecialist staff, would show Africans the "real face of America".REUTERS/PoolMH/WS

RP4DRHYLPFAC United States first lady Laura Bush helps children at theBotswana-Baylor Children's Centre of Excellence in Gaborone paint "HopeDolls", designed to help reduce the stigma of HIV, July 10, 2003. TheFirst Lady said she hoped the compassion of American staff working atthe centre, which treats mothers and children with HIV and trainsspecialist staff, would show Africans the "real face of America".REUTERS/PoolMH/WS

RP4DRHYLOWAB U.S. First Lady Laura Bush talks to schoolchildren who performed forher during a visit to the Botswana-Baylor Children's Centre ofExcellence in Gaborone July 10, 2003. The First Lady, accompanying herhusband on a five-nation tour of Africa, said she hoped the compassionof American staff working at the centre, which treats mothers andchildren with HIV and trains specialist staff, would show Africans the"real face of America". REUTERS/Mike Hutchings REUTERSMH/

PBEAHUKPVAR Sunkonmi Fapojuro of the Children Arts Movement beats his drum at the Tafawa Balewa Complex in Lagos August 24, 2002. More than 50 African Americans are in Lagos for the second annual Black Heritage Festival, which commenced on Saturday with cultural activities.

RP3DRHXPFRAB Sunkonmi Fapojuro of the Children Arts Movement beats his drum at theTafawa Balewa Complex in Lagos August 24, 2002. More than 50 AfricanAmericans are in Lagos for the second annual Black Heritage Festival,which commenced on Saturday with cultural activities. REUTERS/GeorgeEsiriCRB

PBEAHUKYTCH Brazilian Inter Milan striker Ronaldo kisses his son Ronald before the friendly soccer match with Enyimba in Milan, August 19, 2001. [The match was a testimonial for the Onu International organization and the money earned will be used for the African and South American poor children. ]

RP2DRIEDVAAA Brazilian Inter Milan striker Ronaldo pushes the ball past an Enyimbadefender during the friendly soccer match in Milan, August 19, 2001.The match was a testimonial for the Onu International organization andthe money earned will be used for the African and South American poorchildren.SR/CLH/

RP2DRIEDUYAA Brazilian Inter Milan striker Ronaldo celebrates (L) with his team mateChristian Vieri after scoring against Enyimba during their friendlysoccer match in Milan, August 19, 2001. The match was a testimonial forthe Onu International organization and the money earned will be usedfor the African and South American poor children.SR/CRB

RP2DRIEDUVAA Brazilian Inter Milan striker Ronaldo kisses his son Ronald before thefriendly soccer match with Enyimba in Milan, August 19, 2001. The matchwas a testimonial for the Onu International organization and the moneyearned will be used for the African and South American poor children.SR/CLH/

RP2DRIEDEMAA Brazilian Inter Milan striker Ronaldo (L) and his team mate ChristianVieri pose with children before a friendly soccer match against Enyimbain Milan, August 19, 2001. The match was a testimonial for the OnuInternational organization and the money earned will be used for theAfrican and South American poor children.SR/CLH/

RP2DRIEDEIAA Brazilian Inter Milan striker Ronaldo talks with children before afriendly soccer match against Enyimba in Milan, August 19, 2001. Thematch was a testimonial for the Onu International organization and themoney earned will be used for the African and South American poorchildren.SR/CLH/

RP2DRIEDEGAA Brazilian Inter Milan striker Ronaldo (L) celebrates with his team mateChristian Vieri after scoring against Enyimba during their friendlysoccer match in Milan, August 19, 2001. The match was a testimonial forthe Onu International organization and the money earned will be usedfor the African and South American poor children.SR/CRB

RP2DRHYCSCAC Leaders from several African and South American nations gather for a group photo with Thai children after a leaders forum on the last day of the 10th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Bangkok February 19. The leaders are (L-R) Mozambique President Pascoal Manuel Mocumbi, Vice President of Peru Ricardo Marquez, United Nations representative Awni Behnam, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Thailand Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai, forum moderator Raghida Dergham, President of the Dominican Republic Loenel Fernandez Reyna, Deputy President of South Africa Jacob Zuma, UNCTAD Secretary-General Rubens Ricupero of Brazil, Prime Minister of Morocco Abderrahmane Ei Youssoufi and Ugandan Deputy Prime Minister Moses Ali.JIR/TAN

RP1DRIFVBPAC The children of Mary Louise Martin weep at a memorial service August 13. The service was held for the Americans killed by the August 7 terrorist bombing near the U.S. Embassy in Kenya, at Andrews Air Force Base shortly after the bodies were returned to the U.S. Martin was an employee of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Kenya.RTW/ELD/ME

RP1DRIFVKQAE The children of Mary Louise Martin weep at a memorial service August 13. The service was held for the Americans killed by the August 7 terrorist bombing near the U.S. Embassy in Kenya, at Andrews Air Force Base shortly after the bodies were returned to the U.S. Martin was an employee of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Kenya.RTW/ELD/ME

PBEAHUMABCS A mother breast feeds her malnourished triplets at a government hospital in Gulu in northern Uganda February 19. [The woman and hundreds of other Ugandans have fled their homes in the countryside for fear of fighting between rebels of the Lords Resistance Army and the government of president Yoweri Museveni. American President Bill Clinton begins an 11 day African tour next week.]

RP1DRIGGIAAC Willie O'Ree, (L) the first African-American to play in the NHL is congratulated by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman at a news conference in Vancouver January 17. O'Ree was named the Director of Youth Development for the NHL and will serve as the NHL/USA Hockey Diversity Task Force ambassador and spokesperson, where he will encourage the children of diverse ethnic backgrounds to play the game of hockey.SPORT HOCKEY

RP1DRIDHBRAC American Secretary of State Madeline Albright holds a month old infant, whose mother was killed by members of the the Ugandan rebel group the Lords Resistence Army, during a visit to the central African nation December 10. The baby, whose name is Charity, was rescued by her four year old brother who is now being treated within a center for victims of war in the Northern town of Gulu. Albright is on the second stop of a seven nation tour of Africa.UGANDA ALBRIGHT

PBEAHUNAIAJ The United States ambassador to Burundi Robert Krueger hugs his wife Kathleen goodbye aboard a Belgian Sabena airplane March 29 shortly before she and their two children left this troubled central African nation. Some 20 American dependents left today upon recommendation of the U.S. Embassy

PBEAHUNHJAB Rwandan refugees carry their belongings on their way to Ruhengeri refugee camp August 1, shortly after returning back to the country which they fled because of the war between government troops and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF

PBEAHUNHGEK A little Rwandan refugee boy collapses from exhaustion as he approaches a refugee camp outside Goma. Some one million refugees are living over the Rwandan border in squalid conditions