Labor - BitterSweet

Linked Through Stories and History

Today is Giving Tuesday, the day when we turn our focus away from purchasing and toward giving to work that we care about. We hope you will consider a donation…

Andi Cumbo-FloydDecember 1, 2015

Slavery & Its Legacies

Just Like Family

In the blog BitterSweet: Linked Through Slavery, we primarily focus on linked relationships between black and white people connected through US slavery—those descended from enslaved people or slaveholders who are…

Felicia FurmanJune 28, 2015

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

Healing, Repair & Action History, Culture, People, Places & Events Linked Descendants Research & Finding Documents Slavery & Its Legacies

Redrawing A Community – A Washington Descendant’s Journey, Part Two

Part One of this series is titled "Paper". It explains my family background, and how I was launched on this journey. Many thanks to the members of Bittersweet, for your…

Sarah BrownMarch 18, 2015

Slavery & Its Legacies

What Do We Want to Say?

The Storytellers of BitterSweet have wide-ranging conversations and share stories on many topics, and we imagine that our readers and guest contributors will expand the exchange with new topics and…

Prinny AndersonOctober 18, 2013