CBS 60 Minutes 7:00 p.m. EST, Sunday, November 1, 2015 (check you local listings) This Sunday, November 1 at 7:00 p.m. EST, CBS’ 60 Minutes will air a special segment on the São José slave ship that was discovered off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. The wreck … [Read more...]
On Slavery’s Doorstep in Ghana
By Russell Shorto, The New York Times, January 30, 2015 Mandred Henry was a health care sales rep from Hartford whom people often stopped on the street, saying he was a dead ringer for Morgan Freeman. Throughout his life he identified strongly with his African-American … [Read more...]
We Come From People Series on PBS
Trace three guests’ roots into the heart of slavery, revealing that there is no singular narrative and challenging preconceptions of an era that shaped our nation’s sense of itself. Nas discovers a web of his slave ancestors’ intimate relationship with their slave master; Angela … [Read more...]
2014 Theme: “Victory over Slavery: Haiti and Beyond”
For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history. Every year on 25 March, the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the … [Read more...]
Forgotten War Remembered MLK Holiday 2014
PALM BEACH COUNTY’S ‘FORGOTTEN WAR’ REMEMBERED ON KING HOLIDAY WEEKENDThe 176th anniversary Annual Seminole Maroon Spiritual Commemoration of the historic Loxahatchee Battlefield in northern Palm Beach County will take place on Sunday, January 19, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at … [Read more...]
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