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Intergenerational Trauma — Legacies of Loss

By Sue Coyle, MSW — 2014

Multiple generations of families can transmit the damage of trauma throughout the years. Social workers must be aware of and detect the subtle and not-so-subtle effects on a family, a community, and a people.

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Scenes from a Spiritual Journey

To heal the deep wounds of racism, Jan Willis turned to Buddhism and is now cited by Time magazine as one of America’s spiritual leaders. David Pesci talked with her about her journey from the crushing injustices of life in the Jim Crow South to the thin air of the shrine called Swayambhu.

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David Pesci
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Nicole Cardoza Isn’t Writing Her Anti-Racism Newsletter for White People

Amid the nation’s protests, Cardoza began emailing current event explainers and action items to what ended up becoming thousands of subscribers, many looking for information and guidance in a year marked by sickness and brutality.

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Madison Feller
2020
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James Baldwin Insisted We Tell the Truth About This Country. The Truth Is, We’ve Been Here Before

In each generation we have to experience the haunting ritual of a Black family grieving in public over the loss of a loved one at the hands of the police.

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Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
2020
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Meet the Preacher Behind Moral Mondays

The Reverend William Barber is charting a new path for protesting Republican overreach in the South—and maybe beyond.

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Lisa Rab
2014
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‘There Is Not Some Separation Between Jesus and Justice.’ How Rev. William J. Barber II Uses His Faith to Fight for the Poor

Barber’s newsmaking actions were founded on the idea that being a person of faith means fighting for justice.

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Mary C. Curtis
2020
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William Barber Takes on Poverty and Race in the Age of Trump

After the success of the Moral Monday protests, the pastor is attempting to revive Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final—and most radical—campaign.

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Jelani Cobb
2018
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“Let Freedom Ring Wherever the People’s Rights Are Trampled Upon”: What We Can Learn from Nelson Mandela Today

Nelson Mandela was by nature an optimist, but he was as hard-headed as they come. He did not embrace the consoling view of history that, as Martin Luther King said (in a line often quoted by Barack Obama), “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

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Richard Stengel
2020
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Martin Luther King Jr.: 50 Years Later, His Battles Live On

In his last years, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was grappling with many issues: workers’ rights, a sprawling protest movement, persistent segregation and poverty. We inherited them all.

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The New York Times
2018
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What MLK and Malcolm X Would Do Today

A conversation with historian Peniel Joseph.

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Sean Illing
2020
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Intergenerational Trauma