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Juneteenth celebrations across the U.S. commemorate the abolition of slavery
Celebrations across the U.S. are underway Wednesday as the nation marks Juneteenth, to commemorate the freedom of slavery. (Scripps News)
Bridgeman Arts
Cotton manufacturing and the Industrial Revolution. 1942
Clip 4 from 'The Industrial Revolution', a 1942 black and white documentary exploring the evolution and transition of the manufacturing processes of human kind. Slave labourers separate cotton in a field. An animated map shows the growth...
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Black Immigrants Feel Excluded, Though Their Population Is Growing
Black immigrants share their experience coming to the U.S. and how they're dealing with their own set of issues.
Bloomberg
How America's Racial Wealth Gap Began
May.07 -- White Americans have amassed almost seven times more wealth than Black Americans since the end of the Civil War. In the decades since the modern civil rights movement, that wealth gap has actually widened. This is the story of...
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The History And Modern Celebration Of Juneteenth
One year ago, President Joe Biden signed the law establishing June 19 as a U.S. holiday.
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Juneteenth Celebrations Across The U.S. Underway
In 1980, Texas took the reins and became the first state to make Juneteenth a state holiday.
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VOICED : Romania turns its back on dark past of Roma slavery
VOICED : Romania turns its back on dark past of Roma slavery
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Santeria welcomes pope to Cuba with open arms
The African rooted religion of Santeria has existed in awkward overlap with Catholicism in Cuba since it was a Spanish colony
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U.K. Protesters Topple Slave Trader Statue, Throw It In Harbor
A statue of slave trader Edward Colston, who made his fortune working for the Royal African Company, was thrown into the River Avon in Bristol.
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Preview on public opinion as World Court to rule on name dispute
1. Wide of silhouette of newly built (in 2011) statue of Alexander the Great (22-metres (72 feet) tall) at sunset
2. Wide of Skopje's main square
3. Close-up of Macedonian flag with Alexander the Great statue in background
4. Wide of...
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Unknown artist, Al-Hariri's Maqamat - Persian Book Painting of the 13th Century
Al-Hariri was a scholar, an Arab poet and a high government official of the Seljuk Empire. He is best known for writing Maqamqt al-Hariri, a virtuosic display of rhymed prosa in Arabic literature. Many book painters were inspired by his...
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Court proceedings continue today on Long Island in the case of a millionaire couple found guilty of holding two Indonesian women as "slaves." The AP's Ted Shaffrey reports.
HEADLINE: Mansion seized in modern day slavery case
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CAPTION: Jurors in the so-called "modern-day slavery" trial ruled that the millionaire couple's mansion should be seized as part of the punishment for finding the Long...
Bloomberg
'SNL: Weekend Update': Tina Fey, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon Return | THR News
'Saturday Night Live' alums Tina Fey, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon all made a return to the news desk on the second episode of the show's "Summer Edition" of 'Weekend Update' on Thursday.
Press Association
Drivers react to Uber announcement
Uber drivers in Manchester remain sceptical despite a decision by the company to give its drivers a guaranteed minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions. Quotes from Asha Rashid, Salman Teklemariam, Usman Rashid and Lawson Emenike.
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The AP looks at Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
HEADLINE: Measure of a nation: Fact check
CAPTION: The AP looks at Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. (Jan. 31)
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The Florida Legislature has formally apologized for its long support of slavery in a resolution calling for reconciliation
HEADLINE: Fla. legislature apologizes for slavery
CAPTION: The Florida Legislature has formally apologized for its long support of slavery in a resolution calling for reconciliation. (March 26)
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The AP's Ted Shaffrey reports on today's bail hearing for the Long Island, NY couple accused of holding two women as slaves in their home.
HEADLINE: NY millionaires get bail in slavery case
CAPTION: A millionaire couple accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves will be permitted to post $3.5 million bail under strict conditions that include home detention,...
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AP Announces Pulitzer Prize Award To Staff
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus053496The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for documenting the use of slave labor in Southeast Asia to supply seafood to American tables _ an investigation that...
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RR0219/B Guadeloupe & Martinique: Tension
Martinique & Guadeloupe: Martinique: dancing; band playing; singer; band; sot in French, Paul Sendhor; French flag flying; street signs in French; cars with French number plates; restaurants; beach; people on beach; palm trees;...
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ROVING REPORTS: RR0033/C: TANZANIA: DHOWS
Many of the traditional skills of industries like boat building have been overtaken by modern technology, but there are still some places where handcrafted vessels are best. Zanzibar is possibly the last place in Africa where dhows -...
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VOICED: Uruguay's Carnival moves to candombe beat
VOICED: Uruguay's Carnival moves to candombe beat