His Ancestors Were Slave Traders and Hers Were Slaves. What They Learned About Healing from a Roadtrip
We embarked upon a journey to test whether two people could come to grips with deep, traumatic, historic wounds and find healing. We had no idea where we would end up. “I burst into tears in the parking lot of the Lowndes County Interpretive Center in rural...Ben Affleck and PBS Failed at Helping Viewers Deal With the Past
“It saddens me to learn that superstar Ben Affleck asked Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Public Broadcast Service to withhold information about his slave-owning ancestors when he appeared on the documentary series “Finding Our Roots.” It’s understandable that...Dear Ben Affleck, My Ancestors Were Slaveowners, Too
Dear Ben, I’m certain being in the spotlight for not wanting the PBS show Finding Your Roots to include mention of your slave-owning ancestor has been a real pain. The unwanted headlines, the online comments, the “Dear Ben” letters must be getting old. I’m sure you...Juneteenth 2014
For Juneteenth in 2014, the day when many enslaved people discovered they had been freed, Dionne Ford, a descendant of enslaved people and enslavers, and Elizabeth Sturges Llerena, a descendant of the largest slave-trading family in the U.S., were interviewed for...Descendants touched by slavery come to the table
“Despite the time separating current Americans from the era of legal slavery, the wounds of racial injustice remain fresh for the descendants of slaves, especially in the face of ignorance or denial. “Those issues were at the forefront of a gathering of...Our Organization
Coming to the Table is a program of RJOY, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth
