Coming to the Table - BitterSweet

Which Enslaver Stories Should Be Told: sharing truths while minimizing harm

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

Slavery & Its Legacies

Why I Don’t Use the n-word

Marion Tango read this powerful original poem at the 2023 Coming to the Table National Gathering. Watch and listen here to Marion Why I Don’t Use the n-word It’s…

BitterSweet EditorsJune 21, 2023

Healing, Repair & Action

Repairing the Breach of Slavery

What Linked Descendants Say About Making Connections Across the Divide Reflections provided by participants of the December 2015 Coming to the Table conference call. Post co-authored by Sharon Morgan, Our…

Prinny AndersonFebruary 10, 2016

History, Culture, People, Places & Events

When Places Wrap Us Together

As our car turns down the lane, I flash back to Mom in the driver’s seat, the blue Nissan van idling beneath us as we wait for the yellow behemoth…

Andi Cumbo-FloydMay 13, 2015

Linked Descendants

BLACK RUG/WHITE RUG; A DIALOGUE AMONG THREE LINKED ANCESTORS

By Joyceann Gray, Sarah Brown and Monique Hopkins Joyceann Gray, Monique Crippen-Hopkins and Sarah Brown are “linked through slavery”. Joyceann and Monique’s ancestors were enslaved by Sarah’s ancestors, the Washington…

Sarah BrownMarch 31, 2015

Healing, Repair & Action Slavery & Its Legacies

Coming to the Table Leads in Push for HR 40 Reparations Study

I am posting for Pam Smith. She says, "Ahhh the woes of not being a techy in a technological world! A few little glitches prevented me from posting this directly…

Felicia FurmanJune 14, 2014

Research & Finding Documents

Bittersweet Memories

When I was a small child, there was an old woman I remember seeing when we visited my grandfather’s house on the Southside of Chicago. She was extremely quiet, very…

Sharon Leslie MorganNovember 9, 2013