by Tom DeWolf | Aug 20, 2010 | Books, Reviews
My friend, Literary Publicist Stephanie Barko, is kicking off her new web site with a daily book giveaway! It begins TODAY and runs through September 19. One year ago at this time Stephanie helped me to embark upon a Virtual Book Tour. Over the course of six weeks I...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 16, 2010 | Books, Reviews
Much of the research I’ve done (and classes I’ve taken through the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University over the past few years) to help me understand the history, legacy, and present-day impact of slavery and racism has led...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 13, 2010 | Author Stuff, Writing, History, Genealogy
For anyone interested in genealogy, and especially people of color, this Sunday should be a real treat. My friend and Coming to the Table colleague, Sharon Morgan, founder and webmaster of Our Black Ancestry, is going to be featured in a two-hour radio program on WVON...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 7, 2010 | Politics, Traces of the Trade
So what? Political wrangling over political nominees happens regularly. But this time the Emmy-nominated film of my family’s journey, Traces of the Trade, is tangled in the intriguing web. Thank you to my cousin James DeWolf Perry for alerting me to this latest...
by Tom DeWolf | Aug 5, 2010 | Movies, Reviews
Every time I’m tempted to believe I’ve encountered a model of healing that will work for people who have been seriously damaged by oppression I”m slapped upside the head by a reminder of just how difficult healing is. In Ireland during the 1970’s,...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 29, 2010 | Appearances by Tom
For all my friends in the Bay Area of California, this one’s for you! Over the past two years I’ve worked with writer, producer, educator, and activist Belvie Rooks on several occasions. We’ve made presentations together at the Denver Green Festival,...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 22, 2010 | Books, Reviews
When I was a child in the early 1960’s I received a polio vaccine, as did my sister and most everyone I knew. What I did not know until recently is that the person we have to thank for this gift of the virtual eradication of a horrible disease is a black woman from...
by Tom DeWolf | Jul 18, 2010 | Movies, Reviews
Bill Kuntsler was a radical civil rights lawyer in the 6o’s and 70’s. He fought with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He defended the Chicago Eight, the inmates from the Attica Prison riots, and defendants from the American Indian Movement who protested at...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 25, 2010 | Race, Oppression, Privilege, Trauma and Healing
Two years ago a powerful book was published about modern-day slavery: A Crime So Monstrous. It’s a harrowing, eye-opening book. A couple of related stories caught my attention recently. One is about a black family in Mississippi that was enslaved until the...
by Tom DeWolf | Jun 22, 2010 | Coming to the Table, History, Genealogy, Movies, Reviews
A wonderful new resource is available for everyone who works for truth, justice, and healing in the face of the damage inflicted by racism. The film I Can Tell the World: Singing to Heal Our Racial Divide is available for purchase at all the usual places, or for rent...
