History

History requires that we learn from it. In discussing slavery and its legacies it is imperative that we know the history surrounding it so that we are able to tackle the historical issues that still affect us.

Getting to the Roots of My Family Tree

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.

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A View From the Open Window

The window of opportunity has been often looked through, in this country, by those with pale skin and European heritage. David Pettee tells of his experiences finding African Americans with a shared family history, whose ancestors were on the other side of the window looking in.

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