Remembering The Weeping Time Slave Auction
Dear Baileyblog Readers, Today is the 162nd anniversary of the event called The Weeping time -the largest slave auction in American history. I hope you will take a moment to consider the 400+ enslaved people who were separated from their families on March 2 and...
Poem for Elijah Cummings by Brenda Cave James
This past week, we were all blown away by the poetry of Amanda Gorman at President Biden’s inauguration. It was beautiful, it was searing, it was aspirational. I could not help but think of another bard and Baileyblog contributor, Brenda Cave James, and her...
Celebrating a 30th anniversary
I realized this week that it has been three decades since my first publication. I am feeling particularly thankful to mark this anniversary. It has not always been easy but I am happy that I am still at it. For all these years and more, I have been committed to...
Reparations Recap on Baileyblog and beyond this past year
Dear Baileyblog readers, It’s time to seriously consider Reparations. Here is a look back on some of our articles on Reparations including the latest for Diverse Issues in Higher Education. For more information on the longstanding Reparations movement, please...
The 1619 Project Revisted
Dear Baileyblog readers, I wrote this post some months ago when 1619 was being both heralded and critiqued by various parties and I am reposting now. Not much has changed on that front except some of 1619 critics are now calling for the Pulitzer Prize Foundation to...
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)
