From its beginning in Wright’s Detroit basement, the museum has cultivated increased visibility for all African Americans by ...

The transatlantic slave trade was not merely an act of inhumanity; it was a demonstration of an extraordinary level of ambition. The ability to imagine and build ships that could endure months at sea.

World’s Fairs were created to launch futuristic technology and products, but ended up selling ideas and experiences. 174 ...

Guilbert Gates Jerry Gandolfo didn’t flinch when a busload of eighth-grade girls began shrieking ... which spread from West Africa by means of slave ships. Eventually, Gandolfo learned how ...

It is easy to envision what might have happened next: The storm-battered ship was caught up in the powerful winds and currents that surge along the southwest African coast and was driven ...

Share Following the successes recorded by Ipada Celebration last year as a debutant cultural tourism, business development ...

Hemings, a slave who was also a half-sister of Jefferson’s late wife, accompanied Mary on the trans-Atlantic passage to England; upon their arrival, the two girls went to stay with the Adamses ...

Creative Earnings (Models, Dancers ... will generate both business and investment income for Nigeria and Africa. ‘’Slave Ship to Cruise Ship Project – This involves the construction of ...

In April 2014, nearly 300 female students were taken by Boko Haram from the Government Girls Secondary ... is not yet over as “slave markets thrive all over the African continent.” ...

The transatlantic slave trade may have ended ... trace the paths of the transatlantic ships, stopping at historic ports of enslavement along the West African coast and beyond.

We want to hear about what you collect and why. Email Cindy Hval at [email protected] or call Kimberly Lusk at (509) 459-5457. John Simanton’s collection reflects a time when world wars were ...