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Love Story Set in Alabama Involves a Slave Owner’s Son and a Slave

A program at the Saratoga Springs History Museum, "Solomon Northup: The Years after Twelve Years a Slave," will present the story of Solomon Northup, a free black man kidnapped from Saratoga Springs, New York in 1841.

“Stubborn As A Mule,” the internationally award winning film, has been uploaded to YouTube.com in honor Black History Month 2013.

Treasured Cigar Box invites you into a world of the global slave trade perspectives between Africa, Europe, the Americas, and America. These multidimensional assemblage cigar boxes incorporate recycled objects, coins, & hand painted paper.

PBS’ documentary ‘The Abolitionist’ co-stars Anthony Michael Hobbs and Richard Brooks as Frederick Douglass, to premiere January 8, 2013

Book launch by authors of Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade chronicles a shared journey toward race reconciliation.

Pulitzer-prize and National Book Award winning author Joseph J. Ellis calls Len Lamensdorf’s latest novel THE BALLAD OF BILLY LEE: THE STORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON’S FAVORITE SLAVE “one of the most poignant untold stories in American history.”

Hester is the story of an actual slave and is anchored in fact. It is also an unusual and even remarkable example of race relations that, though begun in the awful days of slavery, worked on some level and continue to do so.

What is the fastest growing industry in the world? If you guessed anything other than human trafficking you are wrong. Sad but true. What are the chances of someone you know being 1 of the 800,000 persons reported missing this year?

The show features work from The African Diva Project, a radical commentary on and comparison of the role of gender in African cultures and in contemporary society. The Project includes images representing a range of Black female music legends.

Alimony payers in Oregon have organized to form a collective voice and promote respect, independence and equity for the parties of divorce

Suspenseful, Historical Novel Love Story Addressing the Complexities of Race, Family and Slavery nominated for NAACP Image Award

Former Microsoft Cloud Engineer builds state-of-the-art cloud computing bundle for small businesses, contributing portion of revenues to the eradication of human trafficking.

Human Trafficking throughout the world--including in The United States. Human Trafficking Awareness Day is set aside for Wednesday, January 11, 2012 for people to pray to end human trafficking.

With the Iowa GOP caucus being the closest in history, we are reminded of the importance of every American today. Professor Christopher Webber says Americans can learn much about fortitude and life from 19th Century freed slave James Pennington.

Laura E Miller, President and CEO of REL-MAR McConnell Media Company Announces Person of the year for 2011 is Author and Avtivist LUCIA MANN.

Love Story Set in Alabama Involves a Slave Owner’s Son and a Slave

Volume 1: "My Great-Grandfather was Stonewall Jackson The Story of a Negro Boy Growing Up in the Segregated South" Volume 2: "My Great-Grandfather was Stonewall Jackson: Stonewalling in the Shadow of a Legend"

"Dark Clouds Over Alabama" is a powerful love story filled with hope, commitment, politics, tragedy, and triumph in the Old...

A program at the Saratoga Springs History Museum, "Solomon Northup: The Years after Twelve Years a Slave," will present the story of Solomon Northup, a free black man kidnapped from Saratoga Springs, New York in 1841.

A television documentary on the history of the South Sea Islander labour trade has been completed by Hervey Bay production company Greenapple Media and is now available for the first time on DVD.

“Stubborn As A Mule,” the internationally award winning film, has been uploaded to YouTube.com in honor Black History Month 2013.

2-minute Lincoln film highlights America's current commitment to freeing the slaves.

From debut author Claudine LeBeau, the tale of a harrowing journey from slavery, through Reconstruction, to an escape from the Old South and the hope for a better life as homesteaders on an arid plateau in the New Mexico Territory.

British author, Jacqueline Malcolm, joins the United States in Remembering...

Treasured Cigar Box invites you into a world of the global slave trade perspectives between Africa, Europe, the Americas, and America. These multidimensional assemblage cigar boxes incorporate recycled objects, coins, & hand painted paper.

PBS’ documentary ‘The Abolitionist’ co-stars Anthony Michael Hobbs and Richard Brooks as Frederick Douglass, to premiere January 8, 2013

The Purpose of this article is to Investigate why America's Southern States Execute large numbers of people, including the poor and racial minorities. by Mary Hamer MD Countercurrents.org 1/3/13.

Emerging author, Jacqueline Malcolm is set to debut her trilogy of novels, ‘SLAVE: The Trilogy’ with Seaburn Publishing Group. Book 1, SLAVE: Escaping the Chains of Freedom is now available on Amazon.com.

Solomon Johnson The Clever Giver and The Reverend Carl Ray Marshall "Minister Known For Nuptials at No Charge" asks All to participate or support this Human Rights Event!

Gather at the Table book tour stop at DuSable Museum in Chicago

Book launch by authors of Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade chronicles a shared journey toward race reconciliation.

Pulitzer-prize and National Book Award winning author Joseph J. Ellis calls Len Lamensdorf’s latest novel THE BALLAD OF BILLY LEE: THE STORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON’S FAVORITE SLAVE “one of the most poignant untold stories in American history.”

Hester is the story of an actual slave and is anchored in fact. It is also an unusual and even remarkable example of race relations that, though begun in the awful days of slavery, worked on some level and continue to do so.

What is the fastest growing industry in the world? If you guessed anything other than human trafficking you are wrong. Sad but true. What are the chances of someone you know being 1 of the 800,000 persons reported missing this year?

In the powerful novel "A Tale of Two Slaves and Free Men: Who Never Saw Home Again," both the horrors of slavery and its benevolence are lived out in a bittersweet story.

The New Jersey Amistad Commission would like to extend to you an invitation to submit your application to our 5th Annual Summer Institute at Montclair State University, NJ, August 6-8, 2012

An exclusive expose on The 'X' Zone Radio/TV Show with Rob McConnell... a show that will shock listeners, proving once again that Fact is Stranger than Fiction!

People who need others to tell them what to think and what to believe will always be enslaved.

The show features work from The African Diva Project, a radical commentary on and comparison of the role of gender in African cultures and in contemporary society. The Project includes images representing a range of Black female music legends.

Concerns this election year are the same concerns Abraham Lincoln faced 150 years ago — truth, strength, good sense, and a desire to make government represent all people.

SEALs IV Freedom continues the saga of a group of Navy SEALs' attempt to put a stop to human trafficking. This time they unearth a form of modern day slavery aimed at young children and women.

This work is a historical fiction novel set during slavery and the Civil War and looks at the relationship of the slave master and his slave love.

Alimony payers in Oregon have organized to form a collective voice and promote respect, independence and equity for the parties of divorce

SEALs III - Big Trouble in Aruba continues the saga of a group of Navy SEALs' attempt to put a stop to human trafficking. Heading to Aruba, they attempt to locate and annihilate the head of this evil organization. What awaits them? Read to find out!

Historyundone.com is set to publish “Our Slaves, Our Friends: A Retelling of the American Slave Trade”—an innovative, interactive and educational iBook for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.

Ms. Myrna Padilla, a former domestic servant for 20 years and the founder of a successful business process outsourcing company, has launched a new website to mobilize the 10 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) to fight modern day human slavery.

Suspenseful, Historical Novel Love Story Addressing the Complexities of Race, Family and Slavery nominated for NAACP Image Award

Former Microsoft Cloud Engineer builds state-of-the-art cloud computing bundle for small businesses, contributing portion of revenues to the eradication of human trafficking.

Human Trafficking throughout the world--including in The United States. Human Trafficking Awareness Day is set aside for Wednesday, January 11, 2012 for people to pray to end human trafficking.

Global Slavery Remembrance Day will host a Human Trafficking Awareness Conference in Frisco, TX, featuring a screening of producer/director Chelo Alvarez-Stehle's SANDS OF SILENCE documentary rough cut and SOS_SLAVES social impact game prototype.

With the Iowa GOP caucus being the closest in history, we are reminded of the importance of every American today. Professor Christopher Webber says Americans can learn much about fortitude and life from 19th Century freed slave James Pennington.

In light of recent desperate actions by our corrupted Congress, it is important to remember that Benjamin Franklin repeatedly reminded lawmakers that those who sacrifice our freedoms for an illusion of safety, deserve neither freedom nor safety.

Rob McConnell host and executive producer of the internationally syndicated talk radio and TV show The 'X' Zone Radio & TV Show and publisher of The 'X' Chronicles Newspaper puts reality into the end of the Mayan Calendar - December 21 2012 mix.

Laura E Miller, President and CEO of REL-MAR McConnell Media Company Announces Person of the year for 2011 is Author and Avtivist LUCIA MANN.

Real-Life Black Civil War Hero Is Lauded in ‘Smalls’ Run’

"According to the United Nations, there are more than 27 million slaves worldwide, which are more than twice the number of those who were enslaved over the 400 years that transatlantic slavers trafficked humans to work in the Americas." - L Mann

A novel of epic proportions, Alvin Yusin’s Apple Hill follows the lives of three generations of one family in the years leading up to and including the Civil War.

Shop To Stop Slavery offers a socially conscious shopping experience as well as knowledge to shoppers at women’s shows, including the Southern Women’s Show Jacksonville.

Southern California professor D. Emily Hicks has discovered that she and President Obama share Melungeon ancestry. This, along with findings by another researcher has led to a breakthrough in Hicks' work on borders and mixed ancestry.

Sophia A. Nelson, author, women’s advocate, political pundit and a longtime moderate Republican weighs in on Michele Bachmann/GOP controversial comments about state of black family

Planking, one of the hottest viral activities has come under fire. Rap artist Xzibit has recently tweeted that the popular activity is" a way they transported slaves." and states that,"its not funny. Educate yourselves.”

You can now own your personal copy of this historic project for under $20!

This year, Friends of Negro Spirituals will be among the organizations in America celebrating Juneteenth

Organizer of Peace Rally for International Black Unity Day Releases Letter Sent to U.S. Ambassador to Thailand

"FLESH" the movie announces its acceptance into the Awareness Festival 2011.