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 family. When Sarah published her most recent post, about her…
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BLACK RUG/WHITE RUG; A DIALOGUE AMONG THREE LINKED ANCESTORS
Tagged with: African Americans, Ancestors, Coming to the Table, Connections, Conversations, Dialogue, linked descendants, Solomon Thompson, white privelege
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, Healing, repair & action, History & culture: people, places & events, Linked Descendants, Slavery & its legacies
Posted in Finding documents & doing research, Healing, repair & action, History & culture: people, places & events, Linked Descendants, Slavery & its legacies
It’s NOT All Greek to Me
Anthony Anaxagorou, a surprisingly erudite, young scholar, ‘schools us’ in a broader appreciation of what shapes belief structures we circulate blithely as cultural currency. Watch what he has to say on the evolution of Western thought, here. I feel some pride when I…
Tagged with: Aaron Dixon, Africa, Alexander Dumas, Anthony Anaxagorou, Dialogue, Europe, Philosophical Culture, Power, Rights of Man, Slave Code, Thomas Paine
Posted in Slavery & its legacies
Posted in Slavery & its legacies
Who Are “Linked Descendants”?
… (T)he great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do. It could scarcely be otherwise, since…
Tagged with: Ancestors, Community, Connections, Dialogue
Posted in Healing, repair & action, Slavery & its legacies
Posted in Healing, repair & action, Slavery & its legacies
