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In Lauren Pacini’s newly released book, Empire Builders: An Illustrated History of the Rise and Fall of Cleveland’s Van Sweringen

In honor of Women’s History Month, this March we’re reading Why They Marched by Susan Ware, an exploration of the

Have you ever heard of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards? The literary prize, established in 1935, celebrates literature that confronts racism

“We have a city of black women that are looking around at their outcomes, their future, their past and saying,

What We’re Reading: October 2023 Game Day!Today in Cleveland Sports HistoryBy Budd Bailey and Larry Pantages Given Cleveland sports fans’

What We’re Reading: September 2023 Ukraine is Not Dead Yet: A Family Story of Exile and ReturnBy Megan Buskey So

A Ghetto Takes Shape Black Cleveland, 1870-1930 By Kenneth L. Kusmer In the Greater Cleveland region, it seems that the

Teaching Cleveland’s 2022 Holiday Book Buying Guide Ballots and Bullets: Black Power Politics and Urban Guerilla Warfare in 1968 ClevelandBy

Surrogate Suburbs: Black Upward Mobility and Neighborhood Change in Cleveland, 1900-1980By Todd M. Michney In early July 1953, Wendell and

Hello Cleveland: Things You Should Know About the Most Unique City in the WorldBy Nick Perry, illustrated by Jason Look

Boycotts, Busing, and Beyond: The History and Implications of School Desegregation in the Urban North by Ronnie A. Dunn, Donna