Is the United States Ready for a Truth-Telling Process?
Fania Davis thinks the time has come for a truth-telling process about racial injustice in the United States. A noted activist and the founding director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY), Davis has confronted systematic racism for decades, working from...Confronting Slavery at Long Island’s Oldest Estates
Joseph McGill first unrolled bedding in a former slave cabin in 1999. He was participating in a documentary about Civil War re-enactors and the controversy over the Confederate battle flag, and the producers asked Mr. McGill — an African-American museum professional...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...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...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...Gather at the Table authors interviewed on MSNBC
Melissa Harris-Perry Show – Sharon Morgan and Tom DeWolf, CTTT members, discuss their book Gather at the Table, and about “living” the CTTT Approach together. Watch Part One here and Part Two here. Interview by Melissa Harris-Perry for...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...When kin of slaves and owner meet
the “linked descendants” family story of CTTT members Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby “Betty Kilby was gripped with apprehension. Descendants of the white family that enslaved her kin were coming to dinner. She scrolled through a mental Rolodex of relatives...Our Sponsor
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