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Historians Battle To Save U.S. Slave Burial Sites

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2013 | Black Voices
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By David Holmberg BEDMINSTER, N.J., May 5 (Reuters) - The slaves buried here are identified only as Richard and Zaff. A third person, ...

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PHOTO: Cemetery Of African Slaves Honored In Brazil

AP | JULIANA BARBASSA | Posted 09.15.2012 | Black Voices
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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Wearing full-skirted white dresses and turbans, the religious leaders chanted blessings and sprinkled water on the concrete floor of...

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PHOTOS: 'Born In Slavery' Project Reveals Last Faces Of American Slavery

The Huffington Post | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 04.02.2012 | Black Voices
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"Tisn't he who has stood and looked on, that can tell you what slavery is -- 'tis he who has endured," said one of the former slaves interviewed for t...

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New Orleans Archbishop Apologizes For Slavery, Posts Records Online

Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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By Bruce Nolan Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS -- The Archdiocese of New Orleans on Tuesday (Feb. 1) unveiled a new online database containing reco...

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The Rubins on "What is Cuban Art?"

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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Jim Luce

Both the island and the art are an unusual mix of the traditional and the modern, of the ordinary and the special, of simplicity and incredible complexity.

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