Anneliese Bruner

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The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre Of 1921

My great-grandmother, Mary Jones Parrish, chronicled the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. In 2021, I contributed to the 100th anniversary republication.

2021

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In France for the Cannes Film Festival — After Almost Nine Years’ Absence

The terror attacks of November 2015 marked the last time I came to France

May 21

In France for the Cannes Film Festival — After Almost Nine Years’ Absence

May 21

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Black Blood, No. 3: In the Spirit of Mary Elizabeth Jones Parrish

Brooklyn-based artist Ajamu Kojo’s Black Wall Street: A Case for Reparations was exhibited last year at Montclair State University…

May 22, 2023

Black Blood, No. 3: In the Spirit of Mary Elizabeth Jones Parrish

May 22, 2023

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Musk’s Mars or Bust Sleight of Hand

A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for Elon Musk. Musk’s personal inhumanity is reason enough to deny him the power that would come with a…

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On the 103rd Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

Reparations and revisionism remain top concerns when talking about Tulsa 103 years later.

May 31

On the 103rd Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

May 31

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January 6, 2021 Marked the Christian Epiphany, but U.S.

The date became a notorious reminder to continually defend democracy

Jan 6

January 6, 2021 Marked the Christian Epiphany, but U.S.

Jan 6

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As a Lymphedema Patient, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Gives Me Hope

Dr. Dhruv Singhal asked me what I wanted. To preserve my leg health long enough to be eligible for any groundbreaking curative therapy. I…

Dec 16, 2023

As a Lymphedema Patient, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Gives Me Hope

Dec 16, 2023

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I identify completely.

Jul 10, 2022

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The Death of Judgment

A Family Grapples with Its Tragic History

Aug 25, 2021

Aug 25, 2021

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My grandmother survived the Tulsa massacre.

It was eerily fitting that the weekend before a mob of President Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, I sat down to reread the book…

Jan 11, 2021

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Shocked by how close the presidential race is? Black Americans have known this bigotry all along.

As a Black woman in America, I’ve been watching the neck-and-neck presidential election race like everyone else. I’ve also been reading…

Jan 11, 2021