by Tom DeWolf | Nov 21, 2010 | Race, Oppression, Privilege
Many people, including President Obama, took exception to Attorney General Eric Holder’s 2009 comment that we remain, largely, a nation of cowards when it comes to issues of race. Some that agree with Holder may have used different words. Some disagree with his...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 18, 2010 | Appearances by Tom, History, Genealogy
John Parker. Margaret Garner. Robert Smalls. John Rankin. They are not among the most well-known of historic figures yet their impact was profound for those whose lives they touched. I spoke recently at The College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio. Larisa...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 16, 2010 | Healthy Living, Movies, Reviews
Fix your life for half price through this Friday! How’s that for a sales pitch? You have until this Friday, November 19 to purchase Simply Raw and the 2-DVD set Raw for Life for $29.95. They also toss in a bunch of bonus materials. Lindi and I purchased this set...
by Tom DeWolf | Nov 15, 2010 | Books, Reviews
I’ve been told that e-Readers remain a tiny portion of overall book sales, BUT are the fastest growing segment of book sales. Now the New York Times notes Great Expectations (pun intended) for holiday sales this coming month. What do you think? Do you own an...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 26, 2010 | Books, Reviews, Inheriting the Trade
United Methodist Women, the largest denominational faith organization for women with roughly 800,000 members, has selected Inheriting the Trade for their 2011 Reading Program. A diverse range of books are selected each year, spread among four categories. Inheriting...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 25, 2010 | Race, Oppression, Privilege, Traces of the Trade
I’m excited to spread the word that my cousin Elizabeth Sturges Llerena will have an exhibition of her artwork–dynamic images that explore New England’s complicity in the system of enslavement and its legacy today–at Linden Place Museum in...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 23, 2010 | Appearances by Tom, Inheriting the Trade
I spent the past week working in Bermuda. I know, I know, rough duty but someone’s gotta do it, right? The fact is that racism grows in tropical climates as effectively as anywhere else and it takes dedicated people of good conscience to work toward uprooting...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 17, 2010 | Books, Reviews
I spent several days this past week in San Francisco with my dear friends Belvie Rooks and Dedan Gills, co-founders of Growing a Global Heart. We shared our stories of “Slavery’s Legacy: What Would Healing Look Like” with audiences at the California...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 12, 2010 | Race, Oppression, Privilege
In today’s New York Times, columnist Bob Herbert focuses on the plight of sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott. For seventeen years now, these two women have languished in a Mississippi prison after being convicted of setting two guys up to be robbed of $11. As...
by Tom DeWolf | Oct 11, 2010 | History, Genealogy
Columbus Day should not be a holiday. Now don’t get me wrong. I’m all for holidays. I don’t recommend getting rid of the day off from work, mind you, just the guy it celebrates. In the spirit of Dave Letterman I offer my Top Ten Reasons to DUMP...
