Author Archives: Richard Guzman

Willard Motley: His “Race”

In the Afterword of my book Black Writing from Chicago, after I apologize first for not including the great novelist Leon Forrest, I apologize second for not including Willard Motley.  I wrote: “Among other worthy novelists that could not be … Continue reading

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Homelessness and Public Libraries

The VIDEO below shows a couple of minutes of a sneak preview we attended for the movie The Public on March 18, 2019.  It featured a wonderful Q&A with Emilio Esteves, where he explains the connection between public libraries and … Continue reading

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The Racial Wealth Gap and Home Ownership

In my recent post on “The Racial Wealth Gap,” I mentioned a growing number of articles and videos on this issue, but said I thought the best of these was a 16-minute film The Racial Wealth Gap, the very first … Continue reading

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