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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...
Voting rights still need to be protected
President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 If you have seen the movie Selma, you will be reminded that the securing of voting rights for African Americans is still something relatively new. Though Congress passed the 15th Amendment as long ago as 1870...
Memory and the Colored Troops of the US Civil War
On this Veterans Day, we remember veterans of all wars, past and present. We are thankful for their courage. They are true examples of loyalty and patriotism. At this time, it is also worth remembering that there is a long tradition of people of African descent...
Words Matter and a Film Review
Charleston. Charlottesville. Pittsburgh. NO! This cannot be happening again. We can not be silent. We are grieving but we will not be silent. On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof, a twenty one year old white supremacist murdered nine African Americans who were attending...
America: a place of refuge?
Today for my class on Holocaust history, we watched the film, Woman in Gold. The film is about an Austrian Holocaust survivor, Maria Altmann, who discovered late in life that a famous painting of her aunt was stolen by the Nazis. With the help of a young Jewish...
Book Award and Jamaicans Advocate for Windrush Generation
Alford Gardner, SS Windrush passenger Full Professor and Book award This month marks the first month of my promotion to full professor. I have to confess that when I started on this journey I did not think all these years later I would still be in academia or that...
