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Tag: transatlantic slave trade

Lafayette Barnes, president of Zulu Global Enterprise, provided funding for a bronze plaque honoring Freedom's Crossing in Anacostia. (DR Barnes/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

Bronze Plaque Honors Former Slaves Seeking Freedom in Anacostia

by Denise Rolark Barnes June 22, 2022June 22, 2022

This year marked ADACI’s 30th anniversary and included the dedication of a bronze marker installed on the side of the building, forming Phase I of the Anacostia Gateway at the intersection of Good Hope Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE. 

**FILE** Andrea Levy (R) from Queens, New York, joins other demonstrators for slave reparations on the National Mall August 17, 2002, in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of blacks rallied, saying it is long past time to compensate blacks for the ills of slavery. (Manny Ceneta/Getty Images)
Posted inBlack Experience

Reparations Are Workable and Should Be Provided, Experts Say

by WI Guest Author April 30, 2019December 21, 2021
The Full Circle Festival in Ghana (Courtesy photo)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History

The Transatlantic Slave Trade – Africans Urged to ‘Come Home’

by WI Guest Author January 18, 2019October 31, 2020
Much of the wealth generated by the transatlantic slave trade supported the creation of industries and institutions in modern North America and Europe. (iStockphoto/NNPA)
Posted inBlack Experience, Black History, Stacy M. Brown

The Transatlantic Slave Trade: 500 Years Later, the Diaspora Still Suffers

by WI Guest Author January 4, 2019October 31, 2020
Kwame Akoto-Bamfo's "Nkyinkim" sculpture, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Transatlantic slave trade, is displayed at The National Memorial For Peace And Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, on July 6, 2018. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)
Posted inBlack History

The Transatlantic Slave Trade: 500 Years Later, Are We Still Slaves?

by WI Guest Author October 19, 2018October 31, 2020
iStockphoto/NNPA
Posted inBlack History, Stacy M. Brown

The Legacy of Slavery: Economic Engine of the New Nation

by WI Guest Author October 12, 2018October 31, 2020
iStockphoto/NNPA
Posted inBlack History

A 500-Year-Old Shared History

by WI Guest Author October 9, 2018October 31, 2020
Courtesy of UNESCO via NNPA
Posted inBlack History

UN Observes International Remembrance of Slave Trade

by WI Guest Author August 24, 2018October 31, 2020
Posted inColumnists, James Clingman, Op-Ed, Opinion

Blackonomics: Selling Out and Buying In

by James Clingman November 4, 2013October 30, 2020
Posted inColumnists, Julianne Malveaux, Op-Ed, Opinion, World

Caribbean Nations United for Reparations

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux October 22, 2013October 30, 2020

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