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Slavery's Descendants Shared Legacies of Race and Reconciliation

Title
Slavery's Descendants [electronic resource] : Shared Legacies of Race and Reconciliation / Jill Strauss, Dionne Ford.
Publication
New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2019]

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Additional Authors
  • Beumée, David Terrett.
  • Branan, Karen.
  • Broussard, Antoinette.
  • Dewolf, Thomas Norman.
  • Ford, Dionne.
  • Guerrier, Fabrice.
  • Harp, Stephanie.
  • Hayter-Menzies, Grant.
  • Jackson, Eileen.
  • Jenkins, Sara.
  • Kilby, Phoebe.
  • Kilby-Baldwin, Betty.
  • Kohrs, Sarah.
  • LaNier, Shannon.
  • Lee, Tammarrah.
  • Marty, Debian.
  • McGill, Joseph.
  • Morgan, Sharon.
  • Nokes, R. Gregory.
  • Pearmain, Elissa.
  • Sasanov, Catherine.
  • Sizemore, Bill.
  • Stainton, Leslie.
  • Stewart-Ross, Karen.
  • Strauss, Jill.
  • Westrick, A.B.
  • Williams, Rodney G.
Found In
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter RUP eBook-Package Frontlist 2019 9783110653526
Description
1 online resource (293 p.) : 13 B-W photographs.
Summary
Race remains a potent and divisive force in our society. Whether it is the shooting of minority people by the police, the mass incarceration of people of color, or the recent KKK rallies that have been in the news, it is clear that the scars from the United States' histories of slavery and racial discrimination run too deep to simply be ignored. But what are the most productive ways to deal with the toxic and torturous legacies of American racism? Slavery's Descendants brings together contributors from a variety of racial backgrounds, all members or associates of a national racial reconciliation organization called Coming to the Table, to tell their stories of dealing with America's racial past through their experiences and their family histories. Some are descendants of slaveholders, some are descendants of the enslaved, and many are descendants of both slaveholders and slaves. What they all have in common is a commitment toward collective introspection, and a willingness to think critically about how the nation's histories of oppression continue to ripple into the present, affecting us all. The stories in Slavery's Descendants deal with harrowing topics-rape, lynching, cruelty, shame-but they also describe acts of generosity, gratitude, and love. Together, they help us confront the legacy of slavery to reclaim a more complete picture of U.S. history, one cousin at a time.
Uniform Title
Slavery's Descendants (Online)
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
System Details (note)
  • Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Language (note)
  • In English.
Contents
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD. Coming to the Table / Truscott-I V, Lucian K. -- INTRODUCTION / Ford, Dionne / Strauss, Jill -- Part I. UNCOVERING HISTORY -- 1. PRESIDENT IN THE FAMILY / LaNier, Shannon -- 2. SO MANY NAMES / Westrick, A. B. -- 3. THE WILL, THE WOMAN, AND THE ARCHIVE / Sasanov, Catherine -- 4. OVERCOMING AMNESIA / Sizemore, Bill -- 5. OREGON'S SLAVE HISTORY / Nokes, R. Gregory -- 6. SEED OF THE FANCY MAID / Williams, Rodney G. -- Part II. MAKING CONNECTIONS -- 7. STATE LINE / Broussard, Antoinette -- 8. THE PLANTATION CAKE / Stainton, Leslie -- 9. AM I BLACK? / Jackson, Eileen -- 10. THE IMMEASURABLE DISTANCE BETWEEN US / DeWolf, Thomas Norman -- 11. MAKING CONNECTIONS / Branan, Karen -- 12. A MILLENNIAL FACING THE LEGACIES OF SLAVERY / Guerrier, Fabrice -- Part III. WORKING TOWARD HEALING -- 13. STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF MY ANCESTORS / Lee, Tammarrah -- 14. SO CLOSE AND SO FAR AWAY / Pearmain, Elisa D. -- 15. BORN BOTH INNOCENT AND ACCOUNTABLE / Marty, Debian -- 16. THE TERRETTS OF OAKLAND PLANTATION / Beumée, David Terrett -- 17. NOT A WOUND TOO DEEP / Stewart-Ross, Karen -- 18. TO SEE / Jenkins, Sara -- Part IV. TAKING ACTION -- 19. DIGGING UP THE WOODPILE / Morgan, Sharon Leslie -- 20. ON BEING INVOLVED / Harp, Stephanie -- 21. CHANGING THE NARRATIVE / McGill, Joseph -- 22. TANGLED VINES / Hayter-Menzies, Grant -- 23. A DREAM DEFERRED ALONG HOLMAN'S CREEK / Kohrs, Sarah -- 24. A TALE OF TWO SISTERS / Fisher Baldwin, Betty Kilby / Kilby, Phoebe -- AFTERWORD / Strauss, Jill -- POSTSCRIPT / Ford, Dionne -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX
LCCN
10.36019/9781978800809
OCLC
ssj0002442240
Title
Slavery's Descendants [electronic resource] : Shared Legacies of Race and Reconciliation / Jill Strauss, Dionne Ford.
Imprint
New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2019]
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
System Details
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Language
In English.
Source of description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Beumée, David Terrett.
Branan, Karen.
Broussard, Antoinette.
Dewolf, Thomas Norman.
Ford, Dionne.
Ford, Dionne.
Guerrier, Fabrice.
Harp, Stephanie.
Hayter-Menzies, Grant.
Jackson, Eileen.
Jenkins, Sara.
Kilby, Phoebe.
Kilby-Baldwin, Betty.
Kohrs, Sarah.
LaNier, Shannon.
Lee, Tammarrah.
Marty, Debian.
McGill, Joseph.
Morgan, Sharon.
Nokes, R. Gregory.
Pearmain, Elissa.
Sasanov, Catherine.
Sizemore, Bill.
Stainton, Leslie.
Stewart-Ross, Karen.
Strauss, Jill.
Strauss, Jill.
Westrick, A.B.
Williams, Rodney G.
Found In:
Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter RUP eBook-Package Frontlist 2019 9783110653526
Other Standard Identifier
10.36019/9781978800809 doi
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