Ernest Levert Jr., right, a Columbus East Side resident and founding director of The Royal Oak Initiative, plays chess with Dylan Jian, of Columbus, during Upper Cup Chess open play at The Cooperative ...
Ernest Levert Jr., founder of local mentoring nonprofit The Royal Oak Initiative, died this week. He suffered a traumatic brain injury last year.
The reggae beats of Bob Marley's "Could You Be Loved" are punctuated by the sound of rain each time someone opens the door to the Cooperative Chess Cultural Center in Columbus' Olde Towne East. It's a ...