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...
Reparations Recap on Baileyblog and beyond this past year
Dear Baileyblog readers, It’s time to seriously consider Reparations. Here is a look back on some of our articles on Reparations including the latest for Diverse Issues in Higher Education. For more information on the longstanding Reparations movement, please...
Reparations are the only way for Black Americans to finally achieve Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness By Mone’t Schultz
Reparations are the only way out. What does this mean? Black Americans are owed a debt that remedies the heinous circumstances forced upon them by way of chattel slavery. Even after being “freed” from slavery in 1863, the ramifications of anti-Black racism continues...
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)
