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...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...Our Organization
Coming to the Table is a program of RJOY, Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth
