Sep 16 2014
Gather at the Table – a Conversation about Racism and the Legacy of Slavery
As Americans continue to grapple with the issues of race and racism in the US, a book called ‘Gather at the Table’ by Thomas Norman De Wolf and Sharon Leslie Morgan offers up a brutally honest conversation about race which few people in this country dare to pursue. De Wolf, a white man who hails from one of the largest slave trading families in the South and Morgan, an African American woman whose ancestors were brought to this country as slaves recount their mutual journey to understand how each of their lives have been impacted by the ugly history of slavery.
After meeting at a program called Coming to the Table set up by Eastern Mennonite University, De Wolf and Morgan spent the next three years traveling more than 100,000 miles through the United States visiting each other’s families, friends and historical sites associated with slavery. As they go through their travels we see each encounter through both of their eyes.
GUESTS: Sharon Leslie Morgan, is founder of www.OurBlackAncestry.com and a multicultural marketing consultant; Thomas Norman De Wolf is author of Inheriting the Trade. Both Sharon and Thomas are co-authors of a new book Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade
To hear the entire, unedited interview, click here for Part 1, and here for Part 2.
One Response to “Gather at the Table – a Conversation about Racism and the Legacy of Slavery”
Thank you for having this conversation. I heard it this morning and was rivetted to the radio. I posted it to my Facebook page in the hope of getting the word out. These folks should be commended for living the hard work that these conversations require.