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Aundra Willis Carrasco
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Young Winston and the Price of Black$ Power in 1960s America

“Winston”: A name that would draft the blueprint for the rest of his life. “Cleveland has never seen anything like him. Willis is an anachronism, and he would have it no other way.” “He is outspoken, residing and working in a community ill at ease with Blacks who confront their…

Civil Rights

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Young Winston and the Price of Black$ Power in 1960s America
Young Winston and the Price of Black$ Power in 1960s America
Civil Rights

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Stolen Land: Exposing America’s Historical Amnesia

“In just one article, Sistar Aundra Willis summarizes all of Amerikkka’s land theft from First Nations people and Amerikkkan Afrikans. This includes her own family and land now worth billions in my home town of Cleveland Ohio. Reparations NOW!” ~~~ Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D, …

Racism

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Stolen Land: Exposing America’s Historical Amnesia
Stolen Land: Exposing America’s Historical Amnesia
Racism

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105th and Euclid: The Winston Willis Story

“…I’m not aware of any serious scholarship on black Cleveland in the 1960s…Thus I very much would want us to find some young historian who’d take an active research interest in Winston’s life history and fascinating achievements wholly apart from litigation prospects.” David J. Garrow, 1987 Pulitzer Prize Winner for…

Black Lives Matter

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105th and Euclid: The Winston Willis Story
105th and Euclid: The Winston Willis Story
Black Lives Matter

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Sep 30, 2022

Friday, September 30, 1955

67 years ago on this day… Late that afternoon, two cars traveling on a California highway to a racing competition in Salinas met with an unimaginable and horrific destiny. The decision to take the alternate route to avoid Bakersfield’s strict speed limits and vehicle codes may very well have been…

James Dean

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Friday, September 30, 1955
Friday, September 30, 1955
James Dean

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Jun 21, 2022

Juneteenth: After June 19, 1865

“Us is free! But where can us go?” — Today’s nationwide Juneteenth celebrations stir memories of the movie Buck and the Preacher, a film in the Western genre, which was Sidney Poitier’s directorial debut. It opened 50 years ago, on April 28, 1972, during the early days of the popular Blaxploitation era. At the time, the general consensus held…

Juneteenth

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Juneteenth: After June 19, 1865
Juneteenth: After June 19, 1865
Juneteenth

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Jun 12, 2022

Remembering Medgar Evers: A courageous fallen leader

On this day: In June of 1963: One of the most seminal moments in American history began on the previous evening of June 11th. President John F. Kennedy spoke to the nation in a solemn and serious televised speech on what he called the most pressing domestic issue of the day. The Negro’s struggle for civil rights…

Civil Rights Movement

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Remembering Medgar Evers: A courageous fallen leader
Remembering Medgar Evers: A courageous fallen leader
Civil Rights Movement

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May 4, 2022

NOTE TO DEMOCRATS:

This is what fighting back looks like. Being a woman of a certain age, my emotions, in the aftermath of the SCOTUS leak of their intention to overturn Roe v. Wade, range somewhere between mind-numbing anger and sorrow for the new generation of women. …

Roe V Wade

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NOTE TO DEMOCRATS:
NOTE TO DEMOCRATS:
Roe V Wade

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Mar 29, 2022

Cleveland Clinic: Recipient of the gift that keeps on giving.

QUESTION: What lies beneath the ever-expanding main campus? ANSWER: A sizeable piece of the American Dream.

Racism

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Cleveland Clinic: Recipient of the gift that keeps on giving.
Cleveland Clinic: Recipient of the gift that keeps on giving.
Racism

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Mar 28, 2022

“The Taking of Black Land”…

…Seneca Village in New York, … 105th and Euclid in Cleveland Having written extensively, and with familial knowledge, on the subject of Black land loss in this country, I have noticed recently, and with no small amount of gratification, that the news media is finally taking notice of these rarely…

Black Land Loss

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“The Taking of Black Land”…
“The Taking of Black Land”…
Black Land Loss

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Mar 9, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VtF8ovGXdo

Mi Serenata De Amor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VtF8ovGXdo

Lovestory

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VtF8ovGXdo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VtF8ovGXdo
Lovestory

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Mi Serenata De Amor
…and this was my beloved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VtF8ovGXdo

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Aundra Willis Carrasco

Aundra Willis Carrasco

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Freelance Writer, Essayist, Blogger, Curious Social Observer. E-Mail me at: aundra.willis@gmail.com or visit https://aundrawilliscarrasco.com

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