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...
ROUNDTABLE ON REPARATIONS May 4 at 6pm via zoom
Dear Baileyblog Readers, You are welcome to a Roundtable discussion on Reparations on May 4 at 6pm. The event is sponsored by the Harriet Tubman Center and the Multicultural Resource Center at Binghamton University. Please register and join a small group of us for a...
NY Governor Hochul appoints 400 Years of African American History Commission
Dear Baileyblog Readers, I was honored and humbled this week to be appointed one of the commissioners appointed by Govern Hochul for this important effort. I am also happy to represent Binghamton University’s Harriet Tubman Center for Freedom and Equity....
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)
