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...
A POEM FOR GEORGE FLOYD; A POEM FOR EASTER by Brenda Cave-James
La-tee-da Are you well pleased Mr. Some-kind-of-sicko, Anointed squasher of humanity. Squeezer of life blood arteries. Bare down. Full weight. See what happens… cracks or splats like black shellbug on pavement. Looks like you were whistling in your...
Revisiting Reparations: Is it time for the US to pay its debt for the legacy of slavery?
Some 156 years after the end of the Civil War and the official abolition of slavery through the 13th Amendment, the idea of reparations is gaining currency in Washington. On March 1, Cedric Richmond, a senior adviser to President Joe Biden, suggested the White House...
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)
