Our nation’s foundation is rooted in racism. We won’t be whole until we repair what’s broken.
If slavery was America’s original sin, reparations remains its unrealized penance. Conversations about how to address the legacy of slavery for the descendants of the enslaved tend to sputter on the fumes of guilt, resentment, denial and defeat before shutting down...Her ancestors were slaves. His were slave traders. They took a road trip to ‘confront that history’
Sharon Morgan sobbed while clutching the steering wheel of her parked car as Tom DeWolf sat quietly in the passenger seat. They’d just driven across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama when Morgan was overcome with sadness and anger towards the man beside her....Denver activists make reparations hoping for racial justice and reconciliation
Throughout Denver, there’s a growing racial justice movement focused on reparations and reconciliation. Most of those involved in this push to bridge the racial divide have been encouraged to do so after discovering a dark part of their family history. While going...Virginia Gov. Northam Plans His ‘Racial Reconciliation Tour’
NPR’s Michel Martin asks what reconciliation looks like. Her guests: Rich Harwood of The Harwood Institute, Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Convention and genealogist, Our Black Ancestry founder, and Coming to the Table member Sharon Leslie Morgan. To...Our Organization
Coming to the Table is a program of RJOY, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth
