“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, …

“…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…

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…

“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…

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…