by Tom DeWolf | Aug 22, 2009 | Coming to the Table, History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
My first visit to Jackson coincides with my current reading of Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63, by Taylor Branch. Being in the community where many significant events occurred during the civil rights era greatly impacted my time there and served...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 11, 2009 | Coming to the Table, History, Genealogy, Trauma and Healing
I spent last weekend in Jackson, Mississippi at the last of three retreats dedicated to discovering ways in which the tools of Re-Evaluation Counseling can be applied to the work of Coming to the Table. At our last retreat, in Richmond, Virginia, we spent important...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 23, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Inheriting the Trade, Politics, Traces of the Trade
Most folks interested in President Obama’s recent trip to Ghana watched or read reports from traditional news sources. I thought my readers would be interested in hearing about this historic event from the perspective of my friend Eric Manu. Eric and I met the...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 12, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Politics
As someone who has written about America’s hidden history regarding slavery and the slave trade I am following with great interest the battle now brewing in the Obama administration. Attorney General Eric Holder is leaning toward appointing a special prosecutor...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 30, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Inheriting the Trade
One of the most influential scholars in the field of African history recently died. Philip Curtin helped found the African Languages and Literature Department at the University of Wisconsin; the first such department in the United States according to the American...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 25, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Inheriting the Trade, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Traces of the Trade
Does anyone out there know Chris Matthews, host of Hardball on MSNBC? I’d like to send him a copy of my book, Inheriting the Trade. My impression is that, like my own, his education lacked some aspects of our nation’s history that have been kept hidden...
