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Remembering Two Literary Heavyweights The World Lost In 2013
January 2, 2014
Almost 18 years ago in The New Yorker, Anisfield-Wolf Jury Chair Henry Louis Gates Jr. profiled the intellectual and novelist…
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An Unorthodox Writing Gift For Detroit
December 20, 2013
Two years ago, writers Toby Barlow and Sarah Cox got together to discuss Detroit. Negative headlines pounded the city’s reputation,…
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Congressman John Lewis Urges Cleveland State Graduates To “Be Good Citizens Of The World”
December 17, 2013
On the day Nelson Mandela’s body was lowered into the ground, Congressman John Lewis raised his voice half a world…
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Is Alumni Giving The Cure-All For What’s Ailing HBCUs?
December 12, 2013
When the Grambling State University football team refused to play this October, the eyes of collegiate sports turned to Louisiana…
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Meet John Anisfield, The Cleveland Philanthropist You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
December 9, 2013
Sharp-eyed Clevelanders can still spot John Anisfield’s name on the side of his old garment factory, which employed more than…
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Harlem Organization Lobbies For Street Named In Honor Of James Baldwin
December 5, 2013
The 2010 Census figures tallied Harlem’s black population at its lowest since the 1920s. Such broad demographic changes have left…
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#NPRBlacksInTech Series Explores Racial Divide In Tech Industry
December 2, 2013
African-American tech insiders will talk about their work stories in a new series on National Public Radio’s Tell Me More. From Dec….
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Poet Joshua Bennett Offers Electric Spoken Word Experience At Kent State University
November 22, 2013
Poet Joshua Bennett adjusted the mic stand at Kent State University. “I was raised Baptist,” he warned the audience in…
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Whoopi Goldberg’s Directorial Debut Honors Moms Mabley
November 18, 2013
When Whoopi Goldberg made plans to revive her one-woman Broadway show on Moms Mabley, she ran into a problem: few…
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalists Raise Awareness Of Women’s Oppression
November 16, 2013
“We have all won the lottery of life,” Sheryl WuDunn said she criss-crossed the stage during her recent appearance at…
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Why Can’t Superheroes Be Muslim?
November 11, 2013
Marvel Comics, home to some of the world’s most recognizable superheroes, has widened diversity among its trademark characters with the…
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“Your Words Have Changed My Life”: Dayton Literary Peace Prize Ceremony Salutes Literary Heavyweights
November 8, 2013
The potency of literature went on vivid display in early November when readers gathered around the writers who won this…
