That’s what happened on a stuffy Tuesday night in North Collinwood during the first round of auditions for “Objectively/Reasonable,” a new documentary play that seeks to mine community reactions to the killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by Cleveland police.
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A Sculptor of Black Heroes Leaves a Legacy
Because the artist Inge Hardison created towering statues and small busts of schoolchildren, families and heroes like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she was often described as the lady who builds giants.
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Deconstructing African American Identity into Axioms, Photos, and Colors
Two things are true: Martine Syms likes both purple and words. As with her website and her publishing imprint Dominica, Syms’ exhibition Fact &Trouble at the Institute of Contemporary Arts is awash in the color purple: Royal purple C-stands, royal purple television monitors, and royal purple exhibition text.
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New Season of ART21 Features African American Artists Edgar Arceneaux, Nick Cave, Stan Douglas, and Theaster Gates
THE NEW SEASON OF “ART21: Art in the 21st Century” debuts Sept. 16, 2016. For the first time, the PBS series is focusing on the connection to place and the ways an artist’s practice is influenced and driven by where they live and work.
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‘I’m Just Not Ready to Forgive:’ One Family Member Reflects on Charleston Massacre a Year Later
One year ago today, nine worshipers were callously executed during an evening Bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Detroit Not Interested In Rebranding
A group of young leaders in the city of Detroit agreed at the Michigan Chronicle’s “Pancakes and Politics” speaker’s forum at the Detroit Athletic Club that the city does not need rebranding.
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Muhammad Ali Did Not “Transcend” Race
Muhammad Ali was, among other things, a proud Black man. He embraced his Blackness, and often referred to it.
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Sale of Ebony, Jet Opens ‘Next Chapter’ for African-American Publications
Johnson Publishing announced the sale of its African-American lifestyle magazines on Tuesday. The new owner, a private equity firm, says it intends to continue their legacy.
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Increasing Black Wealth Takes Generational Sacrifice — It Always Has
Since slavery, African Americans have made sacrifices so that their children and grandchildren could do better, but we need not lose this way of thinking today.
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Working to Avoid Foreclosure: City of Detroit to hold Property Tax Assistance Fair
The City of Detroit, in an effort to ease some homeowners’ property tax burden and prevent the threat of foreclosure, will host a Property Tax Assistance Fair.
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