Baileyblog is back! Let’s preserve The Weeping Time Site, Scholarships and more
Hello Readers, We are back and hope you had a good summer, notwithstanding these challenging times. Lots of news for you. I’ll share the most positive first. The Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity is hiring! Want to make a difference on racial equity...
Celebrating Juneteenth and Hiatus till July 30
Celebrating Juneteenth I am thankful for the many people who made this holiday possible. For those of you who have been following my blog these last four years, you know that I have often heaped praise upon one, in particular, Dr. Ronald Myers, for his pioneering...
TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION RECOMMENDATIONS PUBLISHED
Hello Readers, I am happy to share with you the results of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Panel at Binghamton University. First, a huge thank you to all the panel members and especially my co-chair, Dr. Sharon Bryant and President Harvey Stenger. TRC...
Towards A Weeping Time Memorial
Dear Baileyblog readers, As you know, I have been working on the story of The Weeping Time for almost 15 years. Though this was such a sad and devastating event, the one silver lining of late is that more and more people are finding out about the 400+ enslaved...Reparations Update and a Poem for George Floyd by Brenda Cave-James
This is what I wrote about it a couple of months ago about the history of reparations and the ways in which America could lead by example: https://theconversation.com/revisiting-reparations-is-it-time-for-the-us-to-pay-its-debt-for-the-legacy-of-slavery-151972 And...
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)
