Amazing Grace. No more family secret.
Daryl Bruce Denning, Corning, NY Raised “white”. At 52, December 2001, I learned of my ancestors of color. I do not know the origin of...
White woman black restroom Frozen
Sylvia Anderson Albuquerque, NM Raised in Detroit, parents liberal, family on both sides of civil war. Grandfather said “The south likes the black man and...
Don’t hate me for being white
Martha McKinney, Hector, NY My Quaker great-great grandfather was a conductor on the Underground Railroad in PA; my Quaker great grandfather fought against slavery in...
The only person in the room
Mia, CA Growing up in a mainly white neighborhood and going to a prominently white school was really hard being black. I never said anything...
So white, you would never guess.
Francis, Livingston, MT If the civil war had gone differently I could have been born a slave. The children of slaves are almost always slaves....
Yankee child crossed South’s colorline. Paid.
Rebekah Bickford, Baldwin, ME. My white family moved from Indiana to Mississippi in 1977, when I was 8 years old. Our family was seen as...
I’m done with all the fights
Cara, UT. I have been having debates with my husband for a long time. We have spoken about how there is trained racism and acknowledge...
“They should not be doing that.”
Claire, TN, My Big Mama said the above statement to my father. I was hanging out with two of my friends, one a white female...
Seeking the descendents of Saulsbury Brooks
Jared M Snyder, Rochester, WA. My GG grandfather is R.J. Young. The author of this advertisement. Saulsbury survived the Civil War, moved to Austin, Texas,...
1950’s – Mother worked for Civil Rights
Anne Elizabeth Wolfe San Rafael, CA My mother grew up in the South . She worked for Civil Rights in the 1950’s and was called...
Teaching History to White Graduate Students
Collette M. Bloom, Houston, TX. It is a wondrous and wonderful experience to see the “AHA” moment appear on White students faces when they finally...
Must we forget our Confederate ancestors?
Jesse Dukes, Charlottesville, VA. This question was on my mind recently, when I wrote an article for Virginia Quarterly Review about Confederate reenactors at the...
Drop the racism, drop the past
Donnaven Kroenert, Jacksonville, FL. The Civil War is still being fought in the South, whites are being thrown under the bus everyday, people won’t drop...
My ancestor’s slave’s ancestor contacted me
Richard Reed Watts, Burke, VA. As a boy, me and my brother would disappear upstairs at our grandparent’s house, exploring for hours everything we could...
I’m “white” does’t mean I’m racist.
Jordan Gray, Newport News, VA. For much of my adolescence, I have been deeply involved in an extremely conservative church, as well as portraying a...
The Civil War Was About Slavery
Tim Fall, Davis, CA. There are still people – in the North and the South – who will tell you the Civil War was fought...
Union troops killed by Slavery Supporters
Larry Morgan, Washington, NC. I have long regarded the Confederate Battle Flag (CBF) as an anachronism for which we Americans have shown remarkable tolerance. It...
“…NO, where are you FROM?” HERE!!
Imelda Hinojosa, Manhattan Beach, CA. 9 Generations, descendants who served in the Civil War, Spanish/American, WW1, WW2, Korea, VietNam and Nephews Currently Serving in the...
