Repossessions is a group exhibition inspired by the concept of reparations: the effort to repair the economic and psychological devastation caused by slavery for descendants of enslaved African Americans. It…
BitterSweet EditorsApril 23, 2025
Beginning in the 1930s, my grandmother collected scores and scores of Native American artifacts: baskets and pots, cradleboards and garments, flutes and blankets. My cousins and I inherited these upon…
Sarah FlemingOctober 29, 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
Foundational to Coming To The Table is the belief in the healing power of story-telling, including the sharing of stories that are difficult and have been obscured from our histories.…
BitterSweet EditorsNovember 5, 2023
We are happy to bring you the story of Jesse Lee, a veteran of the 1st Virginia Cavalry and the 2nd great-grandfather of LeRoy G. Potts. LeRoy wrote about his…
BitterSweet EditorsJuly 21, 2023
— By Leslie Stainton Not long ago, a colleague suggested I stop writing about my enslaving ancestors because, as he put it, “no one wants to hear the story of…
Leslie StaintonMarch 9, 2023
--By BitterSweet Editors "What if, when people picture folks with Confederate heritage, they imagine people — Black, White, and multiracial — who hold a special commitment to destroying White supremacy?"…
BitterSweet EditorsJanuary 21, 2023
This is the final post in our series that started in 2021, where we share artwork and writeups of the creative process, from our Linked Descendants’ working group members. Some…
BitterSweet EditorsAugust 8, 2022