Traces of the Trade & Inheriting the Trade...Thursday, 08 May 2008 :: Written by WebmasterThe Film: The Traces of the Trade
In this feature documentary, filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain a powerf...
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Race - Power Of Illusion...Monday, 14 April 2008 :: Written by www.AllAboutRace.com
Webmaster's Comment: Recently I have discovered on Web an amazing resource and platform for Conversations On Race - a blog All About Race - I want to encourage all Amistad visitors to meet Carmen D. - the person behind the Blog. Amo...
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40 Years Ago... The Death of MLK Jr.: RFK Said It Best...Friday, 04 April 2008 :: Written by Mother Jones(Webmaster's Comment: Six minutes of your time to listen,,, please add several more to think...)
It's been four decades since Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot and killed. On the occasion of this anniversary, there's much media coverag...
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A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face With Modern-Day Slavery...Thursday, 03 April 2008 :: Written by Webmaster
Benjamin Skinner is the author of the new book A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face With Modern-Day Slavery. He spent the past five years traveling between five continents to infiltrate slave trafficking networks—at times negotiating sales underc...
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Rice hits U.S. 'birth defect'...Friday, 28 March 2008 :: Written by Nicholas Kralev - The Washington Times
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a wide-ranging interview with reporters and editors yesterday at The Washington Times, says boycotting the Summer Olympics in China would be ineffective.
Secretary of State Co...
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