Keeping Families Together: Who we are vs. Who we were
In the sweltering heat, my thoughts are with the families at the border. The piece below I wrote last year and sadly, the situation though it has changed for the young woman in question (she has been thankfully reunited with her family), many others are facing a...
Reparations 101: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
Today is Juneteenth Day. Juneteenth is the day that many African Americans celebrate as Emancipation Day because it was on June 19, 1865 that Union troops entered Galveston, Texas and freed the enslaved. Though the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1...
Southbound and the 160th Anniversary of The Weeping Time
I am headed south with The Weeping Time and am looking forward to it! My first stop will be at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and then I will be helping to commemorate the 160th anniversary of The Weeping Time slave auction in Darien, Ga. Descendants of...
Year in Review: Miracles Do Happen
The end of year brings with it a lot of reflection. Thanksgiving has passed but I am still feeling very thankful. This was a year that was promised but yet elusive for such a long time. The long journey to the publication of my book, The Weeping Time: Memory and...
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)
