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For over 30 years the animated television special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, has entertained millions. Lee Mendelson produced that program and the others that followed based on the Charles M. Schulz Peanuts comic strip characters. Mendelson talks to Noah about the making of the popular annual Christmas special.

Conservative author David Horowitz sought to place ads in college newspapers across the country denouncing calls for reparations to African-Americans for slavery. Most papers declined to run the ads. Many of those that did sparked protests on their campuses. Av Harris reports from Providence -- Brown University was one of the schools whose paper ran the ad.

In 1954, Linda Brown was the lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision that outlawed segregated public schools for black and white students. Brown was 76.

As a schoolgirl, she was at the center of the landmark Supreme Court case that rejected racial segregation in American public schools. She died Sunday in Topeka, Kan. She was 76.

Music critic Meredith Ochs reviews Milk of the Moon, the latest CD from singer-songwriter Greg Brown.

Cleveland Browns fans are "celebrating" their team's winless 0-16 season today with a "Perfect Season Parade."

The hapless Cleveland Browns are winless no more. They pulled off their first victory last night after not winning a game in an astounding 635 days.

In the final part of a series on Brown vs. Board of Education, NPR's Juan Williams reports on the integration of public schools in Prince Edward County, Va., and its effect on two white families. Monday is the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that brought desegregation to the classroom.

Buster Brown, the mischievous little rich kid with a blond pageboy haircut, and his dog Tige became stars of the Sunday comics a century ago. Long after they left the funny pages, the two retained their fame in a new role -- selling shoes. As part of the Present at the Creation series, NPR's Elizabeth Blair has the story on Morning Edition.

The 5 Browns, five piano-playing siblings, made history when all five -- Desirae, Deondra, Gregory, Melody and Ryan -- attended Juilliard at the same time. They have released their first recording.