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Black Students, White Teachers, Big Debate
“Name the two teachers who have taught you the most at Broad Street High.” The seemingly innocent inquiry was posed to the students at the high school by three African-American students belonging to the organization Students Involved in Community Change: Katana Frazier, Meleena Frazier and Antwanette Keys. The answers they got, however, had bigger consequences…
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When Brooklyn Was in Vogue
In his song “Brooklyn,” Mos Def sings, “Sometimes I feel like my only friend/Is the city I live in/Is beautiful Brooklyn.” Brooklyn, N.Y., especially the Fort Greene and Clinton Hill area, has been the muse for the many black and Hispanic artists who once made the borough their home. The new documentary Brooklyn Boheme, directed…
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Multiracial Take on 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
The moment the curtain rises, the earthy, sensual tones of Terence Blanchard’s jazzy score fill the Broadhurst Theatre. In a place called Elysian Fields, a black man brings a package of meat home to his wife. Two neighbors, one white and one Latina, sit on a stoop, share stories and laugh. A finely dressed stranger…
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