by Tom DeWolf | Aug 25, 2011 | Coming to the Table
Thank you to my Coming to the Table friends Sharon Morgan and Edie Lee Harris for sharing this story. In 1960, a 6-year old African American girl named Ruby Bridges was escorted by federal marshals into an elementary school in New Orleans after integration became the...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 14, 2011 | Coming to the Table
I’ve spoken and written a lot about Coming to the Table over the past five years since I participated in the first weekend gathering of descendants of enslaved and enslaving people in January 2006. Gather at the Table, the book Sharon Morgan and I are writing...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 22, 2011 | Coming to the Table
I was thrilled to see the June 27, 2011 issue of People Magazine on the newstand at the airport as I was flying home last week. This issue features an article titled “Healing Slavery’s Wounds” beginning on page 66. It focuses on four stories of black...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 31, 2011 | Author Stuff, Writing, Coming to the Table
It’s official! The ink is dry on the contract! Beacon Press will publish the book that my friend and new writing partner Sharon Leslie Morgan and I are co-authoring. I’m excited to be associated with this prestigious publisher AND to have the opportunity...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 14, 2011 | Books, Reviews, Coming to the Table
It turns out that the stories about Thomas Jefferson I learned while growing up don’t exactly tell the whole story. Funny how that happens with “history” sometimes… lots of times. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, was the...
by Tom DeWolf | Jan 9, 2011 | Coming to the Table, Race, Oppression, Privilege
I met Susan Hutchison through my involvement with Coming to the Table, a group of people committed to acknowledge, understand, and heal the persistent wounds of the legacy of slavery. Susan is one of the co-founders of this remarkable organization and a descendant of...
