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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…
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Anti-Racism Documentary “White Like Me” Now Streaming For Free
December 2, 2014
One consequence of Ferguson: viewers can now watch the documentary “White Like Me” cost-free. Tim Wise’s anti-racism documentary will stream…
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“No One Will Make This Beauty A Burden”: Poetry As A Response To Ferguson
November 25, 2014
Hours after authorities announced that the grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., would not indict police officer Darren Wilson for killing…
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2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Honors Year’s Best Literature On Peace And Social Justice
November 17, 2014
On a recent sunny Sunday morning, four celebrated American writers rose early to meet for breakfast and chew over the…
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REVIEW: “Beyond the Lights” Avoids The Cliches, Puts New Stars In The Limelight
November 14, 2014
When Gina Prince-Bythewood last directed a big-budget film, Barack Obama had yet to be sworn in as president. Now she’s…
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New Charter School In Cleveland’s Central Neighborhood Wins 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Memorial Award
November 13, 2014
A bold decision to start a school in an underserved Cleveland neighborhood, made by the leaders of a 150-year-old institution,…
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A Cultural Icon Revisited: Poet Russell Atkins Honored At East Cleveland Public Library
November 10, 2014
Poet Russell Atkins, his hair a white halo, his torso tucked into a wheelchair, rolled onto the stage of the…
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In Midst Of Breakthrough Year, Laverne Cox Speaks Out On Gender Identity And Self-Love
November 7, 2014
by Tara Jefferson with additional reporting by Karen R. Long “Kent State University, how ya feeling tonight?” actress and LGBT…
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REVIEW: Norman Lear’s New Autobiography, “Even This I Get To Experience”
November 4, 2014
For a stretch in the 1970s, television producer Norman Lear had nine shows on the air at once—with four in…
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REVIEW: “Dear White People” Ushers In New Talent, Gives Unflinching Look At “Black Faces In White Spaces”
October 28, 2014
When I arrived as an undergraduate at Kent State University, I participated in Kupita, a week-long orientation for students of…
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New Report Details “The Making Of Ferguson”: How Governmental Policy Created A Racial Nightmare
October 22, 2014
When Atlantic Monthly correspondent Ta-Nehisi Coates’ spoke in Cleveland in August about reparations, he touched only briefly on the killing…
