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NewsProfessor Kenneth Warren Visits Cleveland For Talk On Race, Literature, And #BlackLivesMatter
Kenneth Warren, a University of Chicago literature professor, asked a gathering of students and faculty in Cleveland this fall to…
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NewsTa-Nehisi Coates On Dismantling White Supremacy: “Any Definition Of Race Always Depends Upon Power”
Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates is very clear on his role: Dig for the truth and get out of the way. “If…
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NewsEducation Writer Jonathan Kozol On Racial And Class Disparities In Our Nation’s Schools
As I approached the ballroom of the Cleveland Convention Center to reach the Open Doors Academy luncheon, I heard a…
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NewsWATCH: Marilyn Chin On Winning The 2015 Anisfield-Wolf Prize: “I Believe I’m An Activist Poet”
As Marilyn Chin began her acceptance speech for this year’s award for poetry, she looked out in the audience upon…
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NewsREVIEW: Tamara Winfrey Harris Lends Depth To Black Womanhood In “The Sisters Are Alright”
About a year ago, I noticed a number of black women I follow online all wearing the same “Black Girls…
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NewsREVIEW: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between The World And Me” Is A Blunt Examination Of Black Life In America
When a Missouri grand jury decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for killing 18-year-old Michael Brown, journalist Ta-Nehisi…
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NewsPoet Richard Blanco And Activist Ruth Behar Work To Lift Cuba’s “Emotional Embargo”
Writer Ruth Behar and poet Richard Blanco have launched Bridges to/from Cuba, an ambitious collaborative fueled by 20 years of friendship. The…
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NewsWhy I Teach Feminism At An Urban High School
by Sarah Marcus Like many of my days spent teaching, today feels hard, but important. By 10 a.m. I’ve already…
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NewsActivist and Author Bryan Stevenson Offers Four-Point Prescription For Tackling Injustice
Bryan Stevenson needs no notes. Not for his TED Talk, not for his Daily Show appearance, and not for his…
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NewsTransgender Activists Push For Equality At City Club Forum
An introspective, respectful and sold-out City Club audience gathered to consider the long march to equality for transgender people in…
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NewsActivist Bryan Stevenson Leads “Let’s Talk About Injustice” Community Forum March 19
Bryan Stevenson—campaigner against mass incarceration and author of a new report linking the ubiquity of lynching in the American South…
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NewsCase Western Reserve University Adding Second Anisfield-Wolf Scholar To Faculty
The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards will expand its reach in 2015 with the addition of a second scholar at Case Western…
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NewsJournalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault On The Armor She Needed To Survive As A Black Woman In The South
“I am not a person preoccupied by race,” said the groundbreaking journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault, instantly believable even in the paradox…
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NewsNew Documentary Uncovers The Worst Racial Violence In United States History
“Why are we addicted to hate in America?” That was the simple, provocative question of Rachel Lyon, as she introduced her…
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NewsComedian W. Kamau Bell Single-Handedly Ends Racism In Comedic Set At John Carroll University
“When we talk about race, we tend to use words that make us comfortable,” comedian W. Kamau Bell told a…
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NewsCleveland Teens Add Their Voices To Conversation On Racism, Injustice
Shakyra Diaz, policy manager for the ACLU of Ohio, asked everyone in a crowded meeting hall who knew someone with…
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NewsESSENCE Magazine Goes Dark For Historic “Black Lives Matter” Issue
For the first time in its 45-year history, Essence magazine will not use a cover model. Instead, the African-American publication…
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NewsRep. John Lewis Laments The Police Killings of Blacks: “I Fear For The Future of This Country”
The veteran Civil Rights leader, survivor of a concussion and beating from Alabama State Troopers on Bloody Sunday, asks in…
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NewsCivil Rights Leader Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. Calls For “Deliberate Action” At City Club Of Cleveland
Two elders of the American Civil Rights movement—Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. and Rev. Dr. Joan Brown Campbell—went before a…
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NewsAnti-Racism Documentary “White Like Me” Now Streaming For Free
One consequence of Ferguson: viewers can now watch the documentary “White Like Me” cost-free. Tim Wise’s anti-racism documentary will stream…