“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, Director, Institute for Urban Research Morgan…

“…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…

On this day, 60 years ago… “…We are confronted primarily with a moral issue. It is as old as the Scriptures and is as clear as the American Constitution. The heart of the question is whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are going to treat our fellow Americans…

With the imminent approach of the 60th anniversary of her husband, Civil Rights activist, Mississippi NAACP Field Secretary, Medgar Evers’ assassination, Myrlie Evers-Williams is once again being positioned under the media spotlight commemorating the tragic event. As always, she graciously acknowledges and accepts the appreciative accolades and memories of her…

Having given birth to my four babies in the 1960s, and at the tail end of the Doctor Spock “Baby and Child Care” era, I decided early on that there were certain things in life that I wanted my children to learn directly from me, and in the comfort and…

Another shackle of slavery The push to ban books across this country has become increasingly disturbing, as numerous ill-informed, willfully ignorant Conservative politicians and elected officials seize the opportunity and latch on to the topic. As a result, when a public library refuses to remove banned books, they have been threatened with a loss…

“… So on we go His welfare is my concern No burden is he to bear We’ll get there … For I know He would not encumber me He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother…” I’m frequently asked why I have remained so steadfast in my support of my brother, Winston…

…a brilliant life cruelly interrupted and altered beyond human comprehension. The CLEVELAND PRESS (1971) · “Winston Willis’ Miracle on East 105th Street · “The Brave New World of Winston Willis” Profile in OHIO Magazine (1980) · “Winston Willis: He Wants His A La Mode” · “Cleveland has never seen anything…

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…