by Tom DeWolf | Jul 14, 2019 | News
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...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 31, 2016 | News
“Be prepared to face the truth if you undertake genealogical research,” said Peter Wingate, one of two instructors for a genealogy workshop I attended called “Tracing your family tree to the slave era.” Peter was correct. Until 2013, I was...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 20, 2016 | News
Columbus native Karen Branan has been a journalist for nearly half a century. Her work has appeared in national magazines, major newspapers and on network and cable TV. Living in Washington, D.C., she has covered racial issues from as far away as the Rodney King...