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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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  • Beneath The Pain: Andrew Solomon Interviews Peter Lanza, Father Of Sandy Hook Shooter Adam Lanza

    March 11, 2014

    Andrew Solomon dedicated a chapter of his Anisfield-Wolf winning Far from the Tree on families whose children have committed serious crimes. He…

  • James McBride Delivers Soul-Stirring Renditions Of Gospel Favorites During “Good Lord Bird” Tour

    March 7, 2014

    Few writers have made the kind of spectacular, multimedia splash onto the literary scene the way James McBride has. McBride,…

  • VIDEO: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Talks Feminism, Fashion, And Politics

    March 6, 2014

    Fresh off a feature on Beyonce’s secret album, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie stopped by HuffPost Live to talk about how her…

  • VIDEO: “I, Too, Am Harvard” Highlights Frustration Of Black Students In Predominately White Spaces

    March 4, 2014

    A play about the realities of black students at Harvard University debuts Friday at the Black Arts Festival on the…

  • Will “My Brother’s Keeper” Be Obama’s Lasting Legacy?

    February 27, 2014

    During January’s State of the Union address, President Obama included one sentence midway through his remarks that didn’t receive much…

  • Host Of The Internet’s Most Lively Dinner Party, Ta-Nehisi Coates Commands The Room

    February 26, 2014

    At 38, Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior correspondent for The Atlantic’s online property, has become one of the nation’s foremost writers on…

  • “Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations” Invites Readers To Do A Deeper Dive Into African-American History

    February 21, 2014

    Retha Powers, the editor of the magnificent and addictive new “Bartlett’s Familiar Black Quotations,” has a handful of all-time favorite…

  • VIDEO: David Livingstone Smith On The Delusion Of Race

    February 17, 2014

    Philosophy Professor David Livingstone Smith kicked off the University of New England’s 2014 diversity lecture series with a talk on…

  • Tim Wise’s Attitudes On Race Resonate With University Of Akron Crowd

    February 13, 2014

    Anti-racism activist Tim Wise joked that he was on his third visit to the University of Akron campus in the…

  • Rita Dove Lauded In New Documentary On Her Formative Years

    February 11, 2014

    Filmmaker Eduardo Montes-Bradley knew he wanted to make a film on Rita Dove. So the director of documentaries on former NAACP…

  • Debating The Best Book Lists: Does Amazon’s “100 Books To Read In A Lifetime” Get It Right?

    February 7, 2014

    Wither the best book list? Inherently inane and crazy-making, these are also undeniably good conversation starters. Amazon has posted the…

  • Black Male Achievement Takes Center Stage In New Documentary, “American Promise”

    When 13-year-old Idris Brewster, subject of the thought-provoking documentary “American Promise,” is invited to a classmate’s bat mitzvah, he says…

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