Democracy Now : February 12 : Transatlantic Slave Trade

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Democracy Now : February 12 : Transatlantic Slave Trade
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PZ0287.257
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DEMOCRACY NOW: FEBRUARY 12 : TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE / Pacifica Foundation / Produced by Julie Drizin and Amy Goodman| hosted by Amy Goodman. - CONTENT: pt.1. Political headlines (3:00)-- pt.2. The transatlantic slave trade| as part of Black history month and to commemorate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln-- a special look at the transatlantic slave trade| guest Rosemarie Robotham, co-author of the book, The Spirit of Passage: The Transatlantic Slave trade at the Turn of the Century (17:00) -- pt.3. More on slavery and the middle passage and the horrors that are being discovered today. Tape of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking about the middle passage. Tape of Molefi Asante, Professor of African American Studies at Temple University. Tape of Nkeichi Taifa, on reparations of blacks from Africa. (20:00)-- pt.4. More on the slave trade (17:00) - Broadcast on February 12, 1997.

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Pacifica National Programming
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