Jan 22, 2023 | History, Memory, News & Events
It’s Baileyblog’s sixth anniversary! Happy sixth anniversary to us. It’s a good time to go down memory lane. Lest we forget, here are some old posts on Usain Bolt which speak to WHY he is both a local and GLOBAL icon. We need the likes of this man...
Jan 20, 2023 | History, Memory, News & Events
I imagine they were among Usain Bolt’s many cheerleaders around the world. I imagine they attended Bolt’s races or watched in rapt attention on television—wherever he was running—Beijing, London, Brazil, Kingston- on behalf of his beloved country, Jamaica. I...
Nov 18, 2022 | News & Events
VIDEO-2022-11-16-20-06-07 (1) Dear Baileyblog Readers, Sharing with you my little contribution to the first public meeting of the Governor’s 400 Year Black History Commission. Please see the video above. Special thank you to those of you who came to the...
Oct 30, 2022 | Memory, News & Events
Just so it is clear, I am not jumping on any bandwagon. I wrote this post in May of 2018. I am just reposting today. There can be no room for racism or Anti-Semitism of any kind from anyone. Period. Regards, Anne Bailey “Slavery was...
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...