TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION RECOMMENDATIONS PUBLISHED
Hello Readers, I am happy to share with you the results of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Panel at Binghamton University. First, a huge thank you to all the panel members and especially my co-chair, Dr. Sharon Bryant and President Harvey Stenger. TRC...
Towards A Weeping Time Memorial
Dear Baileyblog readers, As you know, I have been working on the story of The Weeping Time for almost 15 years. Though this was such a sad and devastating event, the one silver lining of late is that more and more people are finding out about the 400+ enslaved...
American Society Masked and Unmasked: A Call for A National Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Last week, Rev. Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., gave a moving speech at the funeral of Rayshard Brooks who was shot by a police officer on June 12 in a Wendy’s parking lot in Atlanta. In a funeral which heeded COVID19 guidelines, she referenced...
VIOLENCE IS NEVER THE ANSWER: THE ANSWER IS YOU…AND REPARATIONS!
Martin Luther King Jr and Fannie Lou Hamer This week was a week of pain and tears. To watch a fellow human being crushed to death in real time as bystanders begged for his life is a pain that no words can truly describe…. but still, I have hope. As some of you know, I...
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)
