NWA Gathers at the Table for Racial Healing

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - March 23, 2015 - PRLog -- 23 March 2015

CONTACT:   Sharon Morgan          Sharon@gatheratthetable.net

         NWA Gathers at the Table for Racial Healing

Thomas Norman DeWolf and Sharon Leslie Morgan, authors of Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of  Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade, will make several appearances at Northwest Arkansas locations from April 1-3, 2015. Their local tour, sponsored by the Walmart Global Office of Diversity and Sam’s Club, includes presentations at Sam’s Club, University of Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas Community College, and Bentonville High School. These are all private sessions. The one event that is open to the public is a Gallery Talk at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (http://crystalbridges.org/event/gallery-talk-authors-gather-table-racial-equality-slavery-today/) on Thursday, April 2.

The authors are available for media interviews on the morning of April 1 and the afternoon of April 3. Please contact us to schedule.

About the Book

Gather at the Table is the chronicle of a journey undertaken by Sharon Morgan, a black woman from Chicago and a descendant of slaves on both sides of her family, and Tom DeWolf, a white man from rural Oregon who descends from the largest slave-trading dynasty in American history. Over a three-year period, the pair travelled thousands of miles, visiting ancestral towns, courthouses, cemeteries, plantations, and historic sites. DeWolf and Morgan speak candidly about the unhealed wounds of slavery that are at the root of modern day racism and continue to divide America. Their book and related presentations offer practical advice on how individuals and communities can engage in a healing process that leads to racial reconciliation.

Gather at the Table was endorsed by Nobel Peace Prize winner, Leymah Gbowee, and won the Phillis Wheatley Book Award (http://aalbc.com/books/wheatley-award-winners-2013.html) for Best Nonfiction in 2013. A review in YES! magazine (http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/the-human-cost-of-stuff...) said: “By authentically confronting themselves, each other, and the past that has shaped both black and white Americans, Morgan and DeWolf have created a powerful story of hope, awakening, and reconciliation.” Since publication of the book in 2012, the authors have spoken at schools, churches, community organizations, and companies all over America where SRO audiences frequently erupt in standing ovations. The message they deliver is particularly relevant in times when people are searching for solutions in response to recent events in Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Missouri and New York. Arkansas has long history of racial intolerance that needs to be addressed so we can all move forward to a better America.

About the Authors:

Thomas Norman DeWolf, author of Inheriting the Trade (http://tomdewolf.com/), is featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary film Traces of the Trade (http://www.tracesofthetrade.org/), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and on the acclaimed PBS series POV.

Sharon Morgan is a nationally recognized pioneer in multicultural marketing, founder of the National Black Public Relations Society and founder of OurBlackAncestry.com (http://www.ourblackancestry.com/), a website devoted to genealogy.

More Information

Gather at the Table is available in both hard and soft cover versions at Walmart online (http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=gather%20at%20the%20table). A media kit, sample chapter, study guide and other background materials are available at: www.gatheratthetable.net.