Slave Trade

Skip Gates' New Book On Black History

www.philly.com | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Black History, Henry Louis Gates New Book, Thomas Jefferson, Slave Trade, Harvard University, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Slavery, Black Voices News

Coffee-table books are supposed to be heavy, on photos and in pounds. This latest history of black life in America by Henry Louis Gates Jr. is both, w...

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Are You Fashion's Slave?

Gerit Quealy | Posted 11.22.2011

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Gerit Quealy

Several organizations such as the Somaly Mam Foundation, Ecpatusa.org and The Body Shop have initiatives in place to combat the slave trade and sex trafficking and of children and young people. But most people are unaware that this is even happening.

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Graphic Film About Slave Trade Too Much For Nine-Year-Olds?

Posted 05.25.2011

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"Middle Passage" is a film that doesn't pull any punches. The HBO-produced feature, directed by French film-maker Guy Deslauriers and starring Djimon...

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Black History Meditation: Remembering The Presence Of Our Ancestors

Albert Raboteau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Identity, Slave Trade, American History, Lynching, Remembrance, Slavery, Black History, Racism, Race, African Americans, Diversity, Black History Month, Religion News
Albert Raboteau

Our nation, constituted by diverse ethnic, racial, and religious groups achieves a unified identity, not only through a set of shared principles articulated in civic institutions, but through memory.

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Slavery is Alive and Well in the US: In Support of California Transparency in Supply Chains Act

Ron Soodalter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ron Soodalter

Most Americans are unaware of the extent to which both foreign nationals and U.S. citizens are victimized by human trafficking and various forms of slavery in our country today.

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Africa's Role in the Slave Trade and its Consequences

Wole Soyinka | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wole Soyinka

'Are these the kings of whom the griots sang? Are these their descendants? We do not know them, but we know from which lines--between those who resist...

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Texas Board Of Education Tried To Keep Word 'Slave' Out Of 'Slave Trade'

AP | APRIL CASTRO | Posted 05.25.2011

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AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas State Board of Education adopted a social studies and history curriculum Friday that amends or waters down the teachin...

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White People Confronting Racism

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Abby L. Ferber

Two weeks ago I participated in the eleventh annual White Privilege Conference, where I had the chance to talk with Holly Fulton, who was involved in the documentary film Traces of the Trade.

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Con Games: Black Like Thee With Spike, Skip, and Barack

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Conniff

Even so the walls they are a'fallin', and there is even more persuasive evidence as to our common racial bonds coming from the strangest of places: Spike Lee and Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr.

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State Department's Report On Modern Day Slavery Omits Cases Of Foreign Diplomats In Washington

Time | E. Benjamin Skinner | Posted 05.25.2011

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In Washington on Monday morning, June 14, Hillary Clinton unveiled the State Department's 10th annual report on modern-day slavery, which evaluates th...

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How Texas' School Board Tried to Pretend Slavery Never Happened and Why Your Kid's School May Be Next

Bryan Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bryan Monroe

By incorporating their own conservative values into guidelines for history classes, the Texas Board of Education may force the entire nation to adopt their right-wing re-write of history.

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Slave Reparations -- The Globalist Connection

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Ehrmann

As the debate over slave reparations continues, an exhibit on Senator Judah P. Benjamin at the Louisiana State Archives sheds light on a statesman who helped build America's slave economy.

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NYC Slavery Walking Tour

Sheryl McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sheryl McCarthy

I bet few New Yorkers know about the role that the hideous institution of slavery played in shaping the city physically, financially and socially.

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A Call to Serve and Preserve Creation

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Wallis

Let's ensure that history does not remember us just as "consumers" of the earth and its resources, but as people who take seriously the God-given mandate to "serve and preserve" the earth.

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