August 21: Conference Call on REPAIR.
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Book of the Month
Wit, Will and Walls is the triumphant story of Betty Kilby Baldwin. Betty tells of her struggles as an infant plaintiff in a case to end desegregation in her school system in Warren County Virginia and subsequent struggles following that case as well.
Blog of the Month
Betty Kilby Baldwin
I stand now as a person in charge of my life, but I often reflect back on how I survived the most traumatic circumstances that could have jeopardized this reality.
September 11th has been a day of remembrance in my life for 50 plus years. It was this date in 1958 that the judge made the final decision in my case of Betty Ann Kilby vs Warren County Board of Education that forced the desegregation of my high school. The date is as significant to me as my birthday.
In the News
African American students at UC San Diego have began to speak out on the offensiveness of the “Compton Cookout” idea that was posed by white students at the university.
This is an interesting link about how several people in Buffalo, NY are engaging with African American history.
The NBA recognizes Black History Month by hosting a book signing by a woman who is apart of the Little Rock Nine. R
Coming to the Table is a program that is addressing the legacies of slavery in the United States. On our site you will find stories related to slavery’s legacies—under the topics history, healing, connecting and action. You will also find resources, events, news and a community to join for connecting and sharing.
Coming to the Table is a program of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University.
History
Go home. Find out what happened, said the black ghost woman lying dead at the end of my bed one drizzly April evening in the ‘90s. This was the one thing I’d long dreaded the most. Still, I knew in that moment I would do whatever necessary to discover what happened come hell or high water.
Connecting
This story, featured on today’s front page of CNN.com, tells the connecting story of our very own Betty and Phoebe.
Action
Sitting under the porch while my parents attended an annual meeting of the
Monticello Association (MA),in the late fifties, it occurred to me that my
Monticello Randolph relatives must include many, many African Americans.
Healing
From the time we exit the womb until the time we enter the sands we begin to construct our personal narrative. In between these two points a multitude of stories are created, some are significant enough for us to remember and tell over and over again and others are just small remnants of our day to day lives.
What We Are Learning
What We are Learning About Healing
By Administrator
One of the greatest travesties visited upon humanity has come in the form of an old folk-wisdom which states: “Time heals all wounds.” This piece of folk wisdom has now been effectively countered by every major scientific school of thought. The evidence of its inaccuracy is also clearly visible when we consider the unhealed and ongoing global conflicts, local ethnic, class and political turmoil and especially when we consider the legacy and aftermath of racialized institutional enslavement in the United States.
Remnants: how events of the past are still affecting us
How One Mennonite Boy Faces Racism
By Administrator
As a child, I was an avid reader. The Underground Railroad was a fascinating topic to me. I liked to imagine I was living in a station on the Railroad. Where would I hide the runaways? In a secret compartment under the stairwell? No, that would be too obvious. Maybe I could build a fake wall in the attic. These were a part of my childhood fantasies.
