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REVIEW: “The Turner House” Captures Detroit With All Its Grit And Glory
Spread over the opening pages of Angela Flournoy’s “The Turner House” is a family tree, its branches enumerating the 61…
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“Good Luck Soup” Premieres At The Cleveland International Film Festival
Join us for the world premiere of “Good Luck Soup,” a 72-minute documentary on the experiences of Cleveland’s Hashiguchi family…
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Southern Storyteller Pat Conroy Laid To Rest In His Beloved South Carolina Town
Pat Conroy, the Southern novelist and storyteller, was buried from St. Peter Catholic Church in Beaufort, S.C., surrounded by almost…
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Activism In Your Own Backyard: How To Spark Change Where You Live
Of the five prompts for the 2016 Martin Luther King essay contest, Case Western Reserve University senior Shadi Admadmehrabi selected…
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“Black-ish” Deftly Mixes Hope and Reality in Police Brutality Episode
In its second season, ABC’s “Black-ish” has hit its stride. Now comes the best evidence of its ability to create…
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Media Critic Eric Deggans Talks #OscarsSoWhite, Beyonce And Political Correctness
What to do when Fox News host Bill O’Reilly calls you out on his show, labeling you a “race-baiter”? If…
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Professor Michelle Martin Offers “African American Children’s Literature as a Genre of Resistance”
Almost a year before Matt de la Pena won the latest Newbery Medal—the highest honor in children’s literature—he told National…
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[Must Read] Jericho Brown On Langston Hughes’ Poem “Suicide’s Note”
When Jericho Brown won his Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, he spoke of his awe of Langston Hughes, calling his discovery of…
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REVIEW: Alison Kinney’s “Hood” Offers Lesson On The Garment That Made Headlines
In March 2012, U.S. Representative Bobby Rush stood on the House floor dressed in a gray hooded sweatshirt, one month…
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[VIDEO] Marlon James: We All Have A Stake In Ending Racism
Marlon James begins his 2-minute video on racism with the following question: “Are you ‘non’ or are you ‘anti’?” Published…
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[Roundup] Best Fiction And Nonfiction Books Of 2015
As the chair of the National Book Critics Circle‘s nonfiction committee, our awards manager Karen R. Long had a steady…
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EVENT: “Cleveland In Print” Examines Northeast Ohio Through Toni Morrison, Langston Hughes And Harvey Pekar
Come learn more about the Cleveland that helped shape Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, and Harvey Pekar. Teaching Cleveland has…