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Introducing our class of 2020

Introducing Our Class Of 2020

March 30, 2020

The Cleveland Foundation today unveiled the winners of its 85th Annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. The 2020 recipients of the only...

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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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • “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…

  • 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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