Developed for the Linked Descendants meeting, May 2022 African American family history and genealogy researchers often find their work made more difficult or blocked altogether by the legacies of slavery…
BitterSweet EditorsMay 27, 2022
A few days before the spring semester was set to begin, I received a telegram-style email from Clarence White: “I love your writings and I think I fit in with…
Emily R RutterOctober 15, 2024
Have you wondered what it would be like to discover a shared historical or genetic connection with another person defined by slavery? Or, while researching your ancestry, discover a link…
BitterSweet EditorsSeptember 30, 2024
Fellow BitterSweet participant Sarah Eisner has just published a book, The Reparations Project, with her Reparations Project partner and co-founder, Randy Quarterman. The book is written in alternating chapters by Randy…
BitterSweet EditorsSeptember 26, 2024
Edith Renfrow Smith’s 110 years of living reflects gratitude and determination. Her humble character is revealed through her joyous voice and her positive example of living. Edith Smith at 107…
Antoinette BroussardAugust 20, 2024
On May 5, 2024 Henry Wiencek, author of The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White (1999), joined members of the large and extended Hairston clan: Dean Hairston, a…
Lee GuionMay 30, 2024
March in Minnesota is still winter. My younger sister Melanie and I were born and raised in this state and live in the Twin Cities, as have our parents. Our…
Debra StoneJanuary 4, 2024
On October 25, 2023 Dionne Ford, author of the memoir Go Back and Get It: A Memoir of Race, Inheritance, and Intergenerational Healing (2023), answered questions from participants of the…
BitterSweet EditorsNovember 29, 2023
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