"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
Dedicated to Susan Hutchison, Co-Founder, Coming to the Table Written by Pam Smith and Ann Neel Publication facilitated by Prinny Anderson As all of us in Coming To The Table…
BitterSweet EditorsFebruary 26, 2017
There is a problem I have been wrestling with for many years. One of the refrains I hear over and over among people working for racial reconciliation is the necessity…
Ken CollierFebruary 7, 2017
From South Carolina, my sister sends me this link about descendants of enslaved people and enslavers who come together at Wavering Place Plantation in Hopkins, SC. I am gratified that these…
Felicia FurmanJuly 6, 2016
While drafting the post Half-white Slaves of Aristocratic Masters at my blog, I acknowledged that Edward Ball, in his text, The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in…
Roger David HardestyJune 19, 2016
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
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
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
Glenda Menzies, née Strawser (1938-2012) People ask what drew me to write a biography of Lillian Carter, mother of President Jimmy Carter (Lillian Carter: A Compassionate Life, McFarland & Company,…
grant.hayter-menziesFebruary 7, 2015