A Reflection on “All That She Carried,” by Tiya Miles
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by Joan Gorman, Rokeby Museum One day last summer I was talking to a visitor about the book, Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd and she asked if I had read, All That She Carried, as that… Read More
Book Review: “Slavery in the North” by Mark Howard Ross
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“Ross uses the reality of slavery in the North to illustrate the ways by which societies forget their past — whether on purpose or by neglect.” — Rokeby Museum’s Joan Gorman in her review of “Slavery in the North,” by Mark Howard Ross
A Social Justice Primer — “How to Be an Antiracist,” by Ibram X. Kendi
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Book Review: “How to Be an Anti-Racist,” details Kendi’s journey and growing awareness of how racism informs his own life and thoughts. Along the way, he has taught himself how to be an anti-racist, and through his book, he speaks of and to himself as much as to the reader.
Book Review: Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent”
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“…Wilkerson pries open the lid on this country’s racism and exposes the underlying truth—that from the beginning, America has created a caste society, Whites on the top, those of African descent on the bottom.”