Oct 23, 2022 | History, Memory, News & Events
Dear Baileyblog Readers, We are back! I know it has been a little while since you have heard from us at Baileyblog. Good news is we are still here! It has been such a busy season —but I am hearing the same from many of you. Most of us are feeling understandably...
Apr 24, 2022 | History, Memory, News & Events
CHARLOTTESVILLE,VIRGINIA ‘The Weeping Time’ and the story of the largest slave auction in American history For whom the shoe fits… (part IV in celebration of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson) An old saying goes “It’s an...
Jul 20, 2020 | History, Memory, News & Events
In the last few weeks, I have been asked to comment on the presence of Confederate statues in the public square. Many of these statues were erected in commemoration of Confederate generals or soldiers. I share some of my thoughts here in a recent interview with...
Jul 12, 2020 | History, Memory, News & Events
Dear Readers, Happy to share with you that my article about those Confederate statues got published today in USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/12/remove-confederate-statues-honor-abolitionists-end-racism-column/5406829002/ I want add...
Aug 26, 2018 | News & Events
When protesters tore down the “Silent Sam” Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on Aug. 20, it wasn’t just destruction of state property – a crime for which the protesters are now being investigated. Rather, the protesters knocked a...