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...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 10, 2009 | Inheriting the Trade, Politics, Traces of the Trade
I took this photo while visiting Trinidad, Cuba in 2001 during our family journey that became my book, Inheriting the Trade, and my cousin Katrina Browne’s film Traces of the Trade, which P.O.V. aired on PBS last summer. I always pay close attention to news...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 1, 2009 | Appearances by Tom, Healthy Living, Inheriting the Trade, Traces of the Trade
I’ve been invited to speak in San Jose, California this Thursday evening, June 4, by the Santa Clara County Black Infant Health Program Advisory Board. I’ll be discussing our family journey that resulted in the publication of my book, Inheriting the Trade,...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 15, 2009 | Appearances by Tom, Inheriting the Trade, Race, Oppression, Privilege, Traces of the Trade, Trauma and Healing
The more time I spend in Denver the more impressed and inspired I am at all the resources that are available there to people who are committed to improving our world. Over the past several days I have participated in, and witnessed, successful models of education,...
by Tom DeWolf | Mar 6, 2009 | History, Genealogy, Inheriting the Trade, Traces of the Trade
I received an e-mail from my friend Eric Manu this morning. He wrote from his home in Cape Coast to remind me that today is Independence Day in Ghana. On March 6, 1957 Ghana became free of British colonial rule. Ghana has a rich and troubled history; centuries of the...
by Tom DeWolf | Feb 19, 2009 | Inheriting the Trade, Politics, Traces of the Trade
It stung in that hotel room in Cape Coast, Ghana when Juanita said (which you can see in the film of our journey, Traces of the Trade) “white people have been cowards.” It stung to hear the words. It stung because they were true; certainly in my case. I...
