Dwelling in the past, but not dwelling on it

“It’s a good thing Joe McGill doesn’t believe in ghosts. Some people would say he spends an awful lot of time around them. McGill travels the country sleeping in some of the darkest corners of American history — the places where slaves once lived. On Friday...

Gather at the Table on C-Span

“Tom DeWolf talked about the book, Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade, in which he and his co-author, Sharon Morgan, tell the story of two people confronting the legacy of slavery and racism in America....

My Family Tree in Black and White

“Whenever I mention certain cousins, I have to put air quotes around the word so my husband knows which ones I mean. No air quotes means they’re the ones I’m related to through blood. Air quotes, and I’m referring to the ones whose family used to own mine. They...

Descendants of Norwich slave, owner meet

CTTT member Grant Hayter-Menzies meets with descendants of Guy Drock, a man enslaved by his family in Connecticut in the mid-1700s. “When descendants of Norwich slave Guy Drock and the man who owned him met for the first time Thursday, they weren’t sure what...

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