Remembering the Civil Rights Movement

An interview with poet Cheryl Clarke about the 1963 March on Washington

In August 2013, the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington, I had the opportunity to interview African-American feminist and lesbian Cheryl Clarke about her participation in the March on Washington. A poet, essayist and literary critic, Cheryl has been an activist, a teacher and an artist for her entire ...
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Remembering the Civil Rights Movement

Backlash Blues

A reflection on democracy in the streets of Sacramento

"I merely took the energy it takes to pout, and I wrote some blues." -Duke Ellington On the evening of Sunday, March 18 Stephon Clark was shot to death by officers of the Sacramento Police Department responding to a report that a young black man had been seen vandalizing cars in ...
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Backlash Blues