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Home » abolitionism

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Posted inBlogs

Donations pour in for Ida B. Wells monument in Chicago, but $180K still needed

by Maya Dukmasova April 14, 2018August 18, 2021

The investigative journalist and civil rights activist could be one of the first women memorialized with a public monument in Chicago

Posted inArts & Culture

Red Velvet is a singular anti-achievement

by Justin Hayford December 13, 2017August 18, 2021

Lolita Chakrabarti’s biodrama about the first black actor to play Othello on the London stage gets the story wrong for all the wrong reasons.

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