by lindaoppenheim | Jun 28, 2017 | Article
Sarah Lewis relates the history of the flag of the Confederacy. “These debates over symbols show us that Confederates were conscious of facing a contradiction, one we’re still contending with today.”
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 19, 2015 | Opinion
In her op ed piece (New York Times, Sunday, July 19, 2015,) Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns, sees the removal of the Confederate flag and the publication of Harper Lee’s early manuscript Go Set a Watchman, in which the bigotry of an older...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 17, 2015 | Letter to the Editor
In her letter to the editor of the Trenton Times (Wednesday, July 15, 2015), Not in Our Town Board member, Joyce Trotman-Jordan reminds us of the terrible outcomes of race hatred and our responsibility in the face of it: “We can no longer remain silent around...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 13, 2015 | Review
Ta-Nehisi Coates, writer for the Atlantic and author of an article on reparations in that journal, is interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air, after the publication of his book Between the World and Me. Read a review of the book by Hope Wabuke on The...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 12, 2015 | Poem
Poet Nikky Finney, a daughter of South Carolina, composed a piece about the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds. She discusses her background, her emergence as a poet, and her writing process in this interview. Thanks to NIOT...
