Beto O’Rourke’s ancestors were slaveholders, records reveal
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke recently delivered an impassioned speech while meeting with the Gullah-Geechee Nation, an organization of African Americans whose ancestors were enslaved on plantations from Florida to South Carolina. However, O’Rourke...Wilmington needs truth/reconciliation process to address legacy of racism
“‘Essential part of ending cycle of violence, despair in low-income communities’, criminologist says. “Wilmington is in mourning after multiple homicides from street violence this year. Many people express frustration similar to that frequently...Her ancestors enslaved mine. Now we’re friends.
Phoebe Kilby discovered her ancestors were slave-owners and she wanted to pay reparations. Through an organisation called Coming To The Table, she found her linked descendant Betty Kilby, and asked if they could meet. To watch this video story, go to: Her ancestors...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....Our Organization
Coming to the Table is a program of RJOY, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth
