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Black History Month in Binghamton, NY
This past weekend, there was a celebration of Black History month at the Binghamton Public Library. Social worker and community activist, Brenda Brown, the local alumnae chapter of the Delta sorority and the NAACP did a wonderful job in reminding the attendees that...
Unsung Heroes are the Airport TSA workers on Martin Luther King Day
On Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday, my thoughts are with the children who have been separated from their parents at the border and the 800,000 men and women who have been working for the Federal government without pay for over a month. This past week, I had the...
In their Own Voices: Ex Slaves speak out against slavery
The full title of Octavia Albert's narrative tell a story in itself: The House of Bondage, or, Charlotte Brooks and Other slaves, Original and life like, As they Appeared in Their Old Plantation and City slave life; Together with Pen-Pictures of The Peculiar...
The Meaning of Freedom on New Year’s Day
HAPPY NEW YEAR! As it is New Year’s Day, I have been thinking about what that day meant for over four million slaves one hundred and fifty five years ago. In a word, it meant freedom—long fought for, long prayed for freedom. See below an excerpt from The Weeping...
Year in Review: Miracles Do Happen
The end of year brings with it a lot of reflection. Thanksgiving has passed but I am still feeling very thankful. This was a year that was promised but yet elusive for such a long time. The long journey to the publication of my book, The Weeping Time: Memory and...
Gullah Geechee Finally Credited with the song “Kumbaya”
Today, as we approach the second anniversary of Baileyblog, I am reprising the most popular post of our two year tenure which has over half a million views. I am so thankful that it was picked up all over the country and the world including an article in The New...
