Bob Marley One Love movie review: Listening to the lyrics heeding the message
A few days ago, I went to see the movie Bob Marley: One Love in upstate New York. It was a Valentine’s gift courtesy of my gallant son. Lately, I have been needing inspiration to write and this movie – beautifully produced by Rita and Ziggy Marley –...
NEW MARKER UNVEILING FOR DOWNTOWN BINGHAMTON FREEDOM TRAIL
Dear Baileyblog Readers Here is the latest from the Harriet Tubman Center’s Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail. We are very excited to share this report and these pictures with you....
Grim new discovery reminds us of the voices of the enslaved and the call for Reparations
As the author of The Weeping Time: Memory and the largest slave auction in American History published by Cambridge University Press in 2017, I want to congratulate Ms. Lauren Davila on her addition to existing scholarship. Her finding that the Ball family sold over...
Is America worth celebrating? Absolutely but it is also retreating from hallowed promises
Dear Baileyblog Readers, See my latest opinion piece in Newsweek today on the recent Supreme Court Affirmative Action ruling. https://www.newsweek.com/america-headed-wrong-direction-opinion-1810593 https://www.newsweek.com/opinion Photo by Aaron...
Jamaica should become a Republic but please, NOT because of Harry and Meghan
Ever since Barbados transitioned from a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, declared itself a Republic, and swore in Dame Sandra Mason as President in 2021, there have been more and more calls for Jamaica to do the same. For some, this call is not new. For years...
Anne C. Bailey and company write about race, slavery, refugees, diasporas, African American, Caribbean and African studies, human rights, history, and memory. We publish every weekend.
Find Anne C. Bailey's non-fiction book : The Weeping Time:
Memory and the Largest Slave Auction in American History (Beacon Press)
