by Tom DeWolf | Jun 19, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege
I’m in Tucson, Arizona today–Juneteenth–for the Institute of Noetic Sciences 13th International Conference. No matter how hot it gets (weather report forecasting 107!) I’m glad to be here; blessed to be able to work again with Belvie Rooks. Our...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 15, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Politics, Race, Oppression, Privilege
United States Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has introduced a concurrent resolution that would offer a formal apology to African Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow laws that lasted until the...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 12, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
June 12, 2009. 46 years ago today Medgar Evers was murdered in his driveway in Jackson, Mississippi by a white supremacist. He was the NAACP Field Secretary in Mississippi. Medgar’s efforts were instrumental in the desegregation of the University of Mississippi....
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 11, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Other Musings, Race, Oppression, Privilege
Obama bends over so the son of a White House staff member can pat his head during a family visit to the Oval Office May 8, 2009. The youngster wanted to see if the President’s haircut felt like his own. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) I’ve...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 5, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege
The state of Connecticut on Wednesday evening became the 8th state (and the first in New England) to apologize for its role in slavery. I refer you to my cousin James DeWolf Perry’s blog, The Living Consequences, for his excellent coverage of this legislative...
by Tom DeWolf | Apr 27, 2009 | Appearances by Tom, Coming to the Table, History, Genealogy, Race, Oppression, Privilege
There is something about being in the physical space of where historical events took place that is far more impacting than reading about that history. Standing at the Door of No Return at Elmina dungeon in Ghana, being mere feet from where Dr. King died at the...
