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Support for Forum comes from Broadway S.F. presenting Parade, the musical revival based on a true story.

From three-time Tony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown comes the story of Leo and Lucille Frank,

a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to make a life in Georgia. When Leo is accused of an

unspeakable crime, it propels them into an unimaginable test of faith, humanity, justice, and devotion.

The riveting and gloriously hopeful parade plays the Orpheum Theater for three weeks only, May 20th through June 8th.

Tickets on sale now at Broadway, sf.com. From KQED.

From KQED, Public Radio in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

Over the last 10 years, no writer has had a greater impact on how Americans talk about race, history, and politics than Tana Hassecoats.

Through his essays on Barack Obama and the idea of a post-racial country, the blockbuster Atlantic cover story,

the case for reparations, and his era-defining work on police violence between the world and me,

coach became the North Star for his generation. Now he's heading back to Howard University to teach

the next generation. We'll talk about his appointment and the eerily unsettled state of America's

fragile, multiracial democracy.

That's all next on Forum, after this news.

Welcome to Forum.

I'm Alexis Madrigal.

Tanahasi Coates, one of America's premier thinkers on racism and systemic inequality, has taken

on many roles, influential essayist, novelist, comic book writer. Last week, Coates made headlines

for his latest move, teaching writing at his alma mater, Howard University, along with

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