A Decade for People of African Descent
By Sylviane A. Diouf, Director, Lapidus Center. December 15, 2014. The United Nations has proclaimed 2015-2024 the International Decade for…
The Abolition of the Slave Trade: The Forgotten Story
The abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade was a long, and tortuous process that spanned almost nine decades. Ultimately, a…
Lest We Forget: The Triumph Over Slavery
Though victimized, exploited and oppressed, Africans have been creative agents of their own history, culture, and political future. Lest We Forget documents…
The African Burial Ground
Twenty-five years ago in New York City, archaeologists excavated one of the most significant finds in American history: the largest…
In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience
In Motion presents a new interpretation of African-American history, one that focuses on the self-motivated activities of peoples of African descent…
Akwantu: The Journey
On June 11, 2025 in front of an appreciative and highly responsive audience (standing room only) director Roy T. Anderson presented his film Akwantu:…
Maroons Revisited
Secluded in the forests, the swamps and the mountains, or hidden at the borders of plantations, maroons all over the Americas…
Ghosts of Amistad
On May 6, 2015, Marcus Rediker presented Ghosts of Amistad, a documentary by Tony Buba, based on Rediker’s book, The Amistad…
Gateway to Freedom
Eric Foner’s Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad is the winner of the New-York Historical Society’s 2016 American…
Slavery, Universities, Inner Cities
Long after Brown University paved the way in 2003, Georgetown, Princeton, Columbia and other institutions are addressing their ties to slavery. To better…