American History 101 and other poems By Brenda Cave James
Because we could all use some poetry right now… American History 101 America is not burning. America is boiling… bubbling up in hot mess a steamy, smelly cauldron like when Mammy stewed and stirred round bed clothes after sickness- or stench from...The Way Forward: Truth and Reconciliation
Dear Baileyblog Readers, As you know, I have been writing about the need for a Truth and Reconciliation process for some time now. At the end of my second book, African Voices of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Beyond the Silence and Shame, I discussed this at length. I am...
What can Freedom Summer of 1964 Teach Us? By Tiffany Perez
The struggle for equality in the United States is a longstanding one. As summer 2020 comes to a close, it recalls to us another momentous summer: Freedom Summer of 1964. Every year brings perceived progress for equal rights among people of all skin colors and cultural...
Freedom is a process
This week, Jamaica celebrated both Emancipation (Aug. 1) and Independence Day (Aug. 6.) This post originally published in 2017 at the height of Usain Bolt’s fame, is a reminder that freedom is a process. When the British colonizers, in response to repeated...
Reparations 101 : Because there are Two Americas
This week I am thinking of both President Abraham Lincoln and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two of their most famous speeches. Both speeches at their very essence are, in my view, suggestive of the need for reparations for people of African descent though they do...
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