Harriet Tubman Center Newsletter January/February 2023
Hello Baileyblog Readers, Sharing with you this week news from Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity. file:///C:/Users/abailey/Downloads/Harriet%20Tubman%20Center%20Newsletter-January%202023%20(1).pdf Anne C. Bailey
A SEASON OF CELEBRATING FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE IN US AND THE CARIBBEAN
Dear Baileyblog Readers, We hope you are well. We are back from our usual summer hiatus and are happy to share with you the following videos which commemorate a season of freedom and independence in America and the Caribbean. On June 19, New York State celebrated the...
Lessons from World War Covid: We are not defeated
When I was growing up, my brother and I used to love to go to the movies. Now that of course was another time before 24 hour TV and streaming services. Then too, we lived in Jamaica where while we had access to the latest releases, they normally arrived a few...
Reparations 101: Harriet Tubman and the Reparations debate
I wrote the piece below a year ago which I am reposting because it shows how even Harriet Tubman’s story speaks to the rationale for Reparations. Almost 200,000 slaves fought in the US Civil War and less than half of them received pensions for their war...
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