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NewsHistorian Sarah Lewis On Creativity And Failure At Case Western Reserve University
August Wilson, winner of an Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement award in 2005, used to begin writing his plays on napkins to…
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NewsREVIEW: John Lewis Continues His “March,” Offers Handbook For Nonviolent Demonstrations
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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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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NewsREVIEW: “The Sense of Style” by Steven Pinker
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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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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NewsQuiet Riots At The Ferguson Library: Beautiful Stories In The Midst Of Unrest
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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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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NewsREVIEW: “Patient” By Bettina Judd
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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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…
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News“No One Will Make This Beauty A Burden”: Poetry As A Response To Ferguson
Hours after authorities announced that the grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., would not indict police officer Darren Wilson for killing…
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News2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Honors Year’s Best Literature On Peace And Social Justice
On a recent sunny Sunday morning, four celebrated American writers rose early to meet for breakfast and chew over the…
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NewsREVIEW: “Beyond the Lights” Avoids The Cliches, Puts New Stars In The Limelight
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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NewsNew Charter School In Cleveland’s Central Neighborhood Wins 2014 Anisfield-Wolf Memorial Award
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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NewsA Cultural Icon Revisited: Poet Russell Atkins Honored At East Cleveland Public Library
Poet Russell Atkins, his hair a white halo, his torso tucked into a wheelchair, rolled onto the stage of the…
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NewsIn Midst Of Breakthrough Year, Laverne Cox Speaks Out On Gender Identity And Self-Love
by Tara Jefferson with additional reporting by Karen R. Long “Kent State University, how ya feeling tonight?” actress and LGBT…