by Sharon Morgan | Aug 28, 2012 | Healing, Peacebuilding, politics, Post Racial Society, Race, Race Relations, Racism, reconciliation, Uncategorized, World affairs
This is a repost of something I wrote on my genealogy blog today: On this day in 1955, an innocent young man named Emmett Till was murdered in Money, Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman. This event embodied all that was wrong with America in that day...
by Sharon Morgan | Jul 28, 2012 | British Empire, Healing, Olympics, Peacebuilding, Post Racial Society, Queen Elizabeth, Race, Race Relations, Racism, reconciliation, Slavery, World affairs
It is hard not to get caught up in Olympic fever, especially when the whole world is watching. It drew me in on the first night… I watched the opening ceremony. Having an interest in many things British (including the genealogy of the Scottish men who enslaved...
by Thomas Norman DeWolf | Jul 15, 2012 | Awards, Books, Eastern Mennonite University, Endorsements, Healing, Peacebuilding, Post Racial Society, Race, Race Relations, Racism, reconciliation, Reviews, World affairs, Writing
In a world plagued by violence, barbarity and war, it is hard to conceive of ever living in peace. Yet, that is a dream cherished by the three women who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize: Leymah Gbowee, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tawakel Karman. All are crusaders who...
by Thomas Norman DeWolf | May 8, 2012 | Books, Gavin genealogy, Healing, Oklahoma history, Post Racial Society, Race, Race Relations, Racism, reconciliation, Slavery, Tulsa race riot, Writing
Tom DeWolf and I penned an article that has just appeared in the Oklahoma Humanities magazine. The them of the issue is “reconciliation” and our contribution is entitled “Making Peace with the Past.” Oklahoma was one of the stops on the road...
by Thomas Norman DeWolf | Mar 25, 2012 | Healing, Post Racial Society, Race, Race Relations, Racism, Uncategorized
Like so many other people throughout America and beyond, I share the grief of Trayvon Martin’s parents. I have no words to express how heavy my heart is in mourning such a vital, well-loved young man whose life was cut so short… for no logical reason I can fathom....
by Thomas Norman DeWolf | Mar 21, 2012 | Books, Genealogy, Healing, Post Racial Society, Race, Race Relations, Slavery, The South, Writing
I just returned from the national gathering of Coming to the Table. This is the group that brought Tom and I together in 2008 and led to our collaboration in writing Gather at the Table. The group has grown a lot since then. Sixty-five inquisitive, motivated souls...
