Tubman Center’s Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail Opens March 12 at 11am
Dear Baileyblog Readers, You are warmly invited to join us the Downtown Binghamton Freedom Trail. All are welcome to walk in the footsteps of the Underground Railroad and Civil rights heroes of the Southern Tier. We will also be announcing the name of the sculptor who...
The Morning AFTER the Weeping Time
Because we need a lot of hope right now…I am reposting this from April 11, 2020. Two years ago, I wrote a book called The Weeping Time about the largest slave auction in American history. This experience which the enslaved called The Weeping Time took place in...
LEARNING THE WAYS: Ghana West Africa to New York City
Events of the past week reminded me of this short story I wrote years ago. It was originally part of an unpublished collection called Beyond Boundaries based on my travels around the world. This is the only one of the collection that was published in a German...Baileyblog on summer break till July 21
Hope you get a chance to take a short break this summer too! Expect us to be back with more items for discussion and debate. Best, Anne C. Bailey, editor
Southbound and the 160th Anniversary of The Weeping Time
I am headed south with The Weeping Time and am looking forward to it! My first stop will be at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and then I will be helping to commemorate the 160th anniversary of The Weeping Time slave auction in Darien, Ga. Descendants of...
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)
