Elizabeth Avery Thomas ponders her family legacy as a descendant of enslavers through a technique called speculative nonfiction. As she writes at the close of this piece, 'In my current…
BitterSweet EditorsJune 22, 2022
BitterSweet talked with CTTT member Beverly Bevel about her experiences researching her enslaved and enslaver ancestors. In 2019, Beverly founded “The Lewellen Project,” a non-profit organization with the mission to…
BitterSweet EditorsApril 12, 2022
We are continuing our series, and will be sharing artwork and writeups of the creative process, from our Linked Descendants’ working group members. Some of us have begun to explore…
BitterSweet EditorsFebruary 24, 2022
On October 24, 2021, the Linked Descendants group of Coming to the Table hosted a panel on Contacting and Connecting with Linked Descendants. The panelists included four linked pairs (the…
BitterSweet EditorsJanuary 18, 2022
Originally published on NPR's Code Switch in November 2018, Nabil Ayers' story about discovering his family history, his connections to slavery, and developing a relationship with a linked descendant is…
BitterSweet EditorsJanuary 4, 2022
In this series, over the next several months, we will be sharing artwork and brief writeups of the creative process, from our Linked Descendants working group members. Some of us…
BitterSweet EditorsOctober 15, 2021
We are continuing our series over the next several months, and will be sharing artwork and writeups of the creative process, from our Linked Descendants' working group members. Some of…
BitterSweet EditorsSeptember 1, 2021
In this series, over the next several months, we will be sharing artwork and brief writeups of the creative process, from our Linked Descendants working group members. Some of us…
BitterSweet EditorsJuly 14, 2021
A poem by Michael Nelder Michael Nelder read this poem at the All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA on Sunday, May 23, 2021, as part of a Poetry Slam…
BitterSweet EditorsJune 8, 2021