by Tom DeWolf | Sep 3, 2011 | Gather at the Table, History, Genealogy
Most readers of this blog are familiar with my writing partner and friend Sharon Leslie Morgan. Together we are writing Gather at the Table which will be published by Beacon Press in 2012. One particular area of expertise of Sharon’s is her focus on genealogical...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 24, 2011 | History, Genealogy, Peacebuilding
White man with a guitar leans on black man playing a saxophone. Both are dressed in black and white clothes. White album cover. Everything about the Born to Run album cover is black and white. Very little about Bruce Springsteen and Clarence Clemons was. They...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 8, 2011 | History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
I received notice through the Coming to the Table network that on Wednesday, June 8, 2011, an historical marker will be unveiled in Front Royal, Virginia marking a significant event in school desegregation. The father of my CTTT friend Betty Kilby Baldwin won a...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 12, 2011 | Author Stuff, Writing, History, Genealogy
My cousins James DeWolf Perry and Katrina Browne have written an opinion piece for CNN entitled “Civil War’s Dirty Secret About Slavery.” I encourage you to read the article and ponder what James and Katrina have written. It begins This week marks...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 4, 2011 | Author Stuff, Writing, History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege
In addition to publishing my books, Beacon Press gives me the opportunity to discuss important issues on their wonderful blog Beacon Broadside. Today (April 4) I was asked to write an essay in connection with the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 8, 2011 | Appearances by Tom, History, Genealogy
On May 30, 1921, a black man named Dick Rowland entered an elevator operated by a white woman, Sarah Page, in the Drexel Building in Tulsa, Oklahoma. What happened next is known only to Rowland and Page. One version is that the elevator jerked, and they stumbled into...
