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  2. Hanif Abdurraqib - Wikipedia

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    Columbus is the setting for Abdurraqib's first book, a poetry collection called The Crown Ain't Worth Much (Button Poetry, July 2016). [15] Publishers Weekly ' s review noted, "When Willis-Abdurraqib meditates on the dangers of being young and black in America, the power of his poetry is undeniable". [16]

  3. 100 Black Men of Central Ohio looks to build mentoring ...

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    Brian Winston, president of 100 Black Men of Central Ohio, introduces the organization to others at an April community meeting. He is leading efforts to revive a Columbus chapter of the national ...

  4. Racism in Columbus, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Columbus Public Health reserved 20 percent of its vaccines for vulnerable populations. [11] In 2021, the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University reported that Black and poor areas have had homes overvalued between 2010 and 2019. The overvaluing increased property taxes, sometimes with valuations 50 percent ...

  5. Aminah Robinson - Wikipedia

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    Robinson was born on February 18, 1940, to Leroy Edward Robinson and Helen Elizabeth Zimmerman-Robinson in Columbus, Ohio. [2] She was raised within the close-knit community of Poindexter Village, one of the country's first federally funded metropolitan housing developments. [3] The village was "replete with Black cultural traditions such as ...

  6. Scott Woods - Wikipedia

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    Scott Woods (born January 25, 1971) is an American author and poet from Columbus, Ohio. [ 1] Woods is the former president of Poetry Slam Inc. and co-founded the poetry series, Writers Block. [ 1] He authors a monthly Internet column and has published several books.

  7. Wilberforce University - Wikipedia

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    Wilberforce University is a private historically black university in Wilberforce, Ohio. Affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), it was the first college to be owned and operated by African Americans. Central State University, also in Wilberforce, Ohio, began as a department of Wilberforce University.

  8. Ted Berry - Wikipedia

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    Early life and education. Born in poverty in Maysville, Kentucky, on November 8, 1905, Ted Berry overcame great obstacles to achieve personal success and gain a national reputation as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He graduated from Woodward High School in 1924 and served as class valedictorian, the first African American to hold that ...

  9. King-Lincoln Bronzeville - Wikipedia

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    King-Lincoln Bronzeville is a historically African American neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio.Originally known as Bronzeville by the residents of the community, it was renamed the King-Lincoln District by Mayor Michael B. Coleman's administration to highlight the historical significance of the district's King Arts Complex and Lincoln Theatre, amid collaborations with investors and developers to ...

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