Author Archives: Richard Guzman

Toni Morrison: Playing in the Dark

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Richard Guzman

This title does say it all.  Toni Morrison’s Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination focuses on the construction of whiteness in American literature, one of the central places America tries to establish itself as new, white, and … Continue reading →

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The Neighbor Project Challenge: BE the Neighbor

Posted on May 22, 2019 by Richard Guzman

May 11, 2019.  Just a year after Emmanuel House and The Joseph Corporation merged to become The Neighbor Project, the new organization held its very first Gala fund raiser in one of Aurora’s newest premium venues: Bureau Gravity, just across … Continue reading →

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Robert S. Abbott: Champion of “The Race”

Posted on May 10, 2019 by Richard Guzman

In 1905 Robert Abbott began one of the biggest return-on-investment acts of his day: he invested 25 cents to issue 300 copies of his newspaper The Chicago Defender.  Eventually this two-cent weekly paper—which he heralded as “The World’s Greatest Weekly”—made … Continue reading →

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