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REVIEW: John Lewis Continues His “March,” Offers Handbook For Nonviolent Demonstrations
February 3, 2015
The second installment in March, Rep. John Lewis’ acclaimed graphic memoir trilogy on the civil rights movement, picks up where the…
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Case Western Reserve University Adding Second Anisfield-Wolf Scholar To Faculty
January 30, 2015
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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Journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault On The Armor She Needed To Survive As A Black Woman In The South
January 29, 2015
“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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New Documentary Uncovers The Worst Racial Violence In United States History
January 23, 2015
“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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Comedian W. Kamau Bell Single-Handedly Ends Racism In Comedic Set At John Carroll University
January 15, 2015
“When we talk about race, we tend to use words that make us comfortable,” comedian W. Kamau Bell told a…
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Cleveland 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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REVIEW: “The Sense of Style” by Steven Pinker
January 8, 2015
by Terry Pederson If you dreaded English class and still stumble over there, their and they’re, then Steven Pinker’s “The…
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ESSENCE Magazine Goes Dark For Historic “Black Lives Matter” Issue
January 6, 2015
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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Quiet Riots At The Ferguson Library: Beautiful Stories In The Midst Of Unrest
December 17, 2014
by Jasmine Banks My friend Kelly mentioned on Facebook she was headed to the Ferguson Municipal Library to help them process some…
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Rep. John Lewis Laments The Police Killings of Blacks: “I Fear For The Future of This Country”
December 16, 2014
The veteran Civil Rights leader, survivor of a concussion and beating from Alabama State Troopers on Bloody Sunday, asks in…
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Civil Rights Leader Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr. Calls For “Deliberate Action” At City Club Of Cleveland
December 15, 2014
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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REVIEW: “Patient” By Bettina Judd
December 11, 2014
It took three attempts before I could get past the first entry in Patient, an uncomfortable jaunt into America’s crippling disregard…
