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William Bradley | Posted 10.12.2009 | Entertainment

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William Bradley

Listening to Martin Luther King on the murder of four girls in a Birmingham church, Betty opines that maybe this civil rights thing is premature. But Betty should know that a dream deferred can dry up like a raisin in sun.

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The Gates Affair: Why We Care

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

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Daniel Bruno Sanz

Inheritance is White, poor credit scores, Black. A missing woman is White and a fugitive on the loose is Black.

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Langston Hughes' Former Harlem Brownstone for Sale

gotham.fromthesquare.org | Posted 09.10.2009 | New York

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The former Harlem brownstone of legendary writer Langston Hughes, which has remained in private hands since his death in 1967, is being toured by the ...

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Reading Amanda: One Black Man's Burden

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 06.13.2009 | Style

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Michael Henry Adams

Reputedly she is known by friends and family as "Ba"; habitually, as a uniform, she sports sober Calvin Klein suits and subsists on tuna or grilled...

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Follow the Artists to Our New Democracy

Tanene Allison | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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Tanene Allison

It was a poet who gave our nation, and new President, the words that led to our visioning of how this time of potential and possibility could become real.

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Poetry For Politics: How To Make It Through The Last Week

John Lundberg | Posted 11.26.2008 | Living

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John Lundberg

If you're like me, you've recently found yourself lying awake at night worrying that Reverend Wright might decide it's time to head to Washington to m...

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