-- By Frances V. Moulder “I took this photo in 1918, when I was about your age,” my mother said to me when I was eight years old. She showed…
Frances MoulderAugust 4, 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
Tulsa, specifically the black district of Greenwood, one of the most affluent African-American communities in the United States, was also known as “Black Wall Street.” Ottawa W. Gurley was a…
Hilda BoulwareJune 8, 2021
Charles Leopold Bocage, 1951 My father Charles Joseph Bocage Sr. died when I was almost five years old. We moved from New Orleans to Los Angeles within six months of…
Charlotte BocageMarch 4, 2021
"You owe me what was always mine" is the title of Briayna Cuffie's latest blog post on reparations4slavery.com. She is speaking to enslavers whose family records, letters, journals, photos, plantation…
BitterSweet EditorsFebruary 15, 2021
John Tyler In December 2020, Eric Kolenich of the Richmond Times-Dispatch interviewed several descendants of President John Tyler. He was prompted to write about them and their ancestor when John…
Prinny AndersonFebruary 2, 2021
Maria S. Montgomery & Allison Thomas Maria Montgomery found me on Ancestry.com in 2016. Our family trees overlap because my ancestors enslaved hers. We are “linked descendants”—cousins regardless of whether…
Allison ThomasJanuary 19, 2021
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