Thereafter to the present. Secondly, the establishment of european dominance around the world. This is another major theme to which the slave trade is connected. Finally, we are talking today about one of the very foundations of American History. America is the result of the meeting of three very old cultures, and you might say continents. People from europe, people from west africa, and people from native america. Today, we are going to talk about one of those three pillars, the african slave trade. I want to begin with a quote by a very eminent africanamerican scholar activist named w. E. B. Dubois. Heres what he said about the atlantic slave trade. The most magnificent drama in the last 1000 years of human transportation of 10 million human beings out of the dark beauty of their mother continent and into the newfound el dorado of the west. Hell. Escended into it was a tragedy that bickered the greek that beggars the revolutionthe french. I think he is exactly right. Drama of stunnin
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Rescue ship allowed to dock in italy since the corona Virus Outbreak 18 groups concerned many more will follow. More americans have now died from covert 19 than were killed fighting in world war one thats the stark new situation in the United States where the number of deaths from the pandemic has passed 120000 new cases of the virus so spiked in several states which have pushed to open their economies and come out of lockdown a dozen states in the south and southwest reported record increases in new infections over the weekend as well as increases in the number of people in hospital those affected include florida alabama and oklahoma where the president held a Campaign Rally on saturday. New york city was once considered the epicenter of a global outbreak but its now cautiously reopening with a virus seemingly under control restaurants bars and hassles have welcome back to the 1st customer since mid march thats going on now to rob reynolds whos in los angeles and robot california is j
Allowed to dock in italy since the pandemic began why aid groups are concerned many more will follow. A name change that tensions between china and japan in their dispute over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea. In sport a huge show of support for the African American racing driver who was the target of a racist nascar drivers pushing Bubba Wallaces car to the front of the field before mondays race in alabama. The current of us pandemic is accelerating across america south and southwest a dozen states reported record increases in new infections over the weekend as one rises in the number of people in hospital the u. S. Now accounts for 20 percent of new global cases while restrictions have been further reduced in new york states like florida and arizona are seeing infections rise brazils outbreak also continues to worsen and india has reported another daily record of new cases with more than 15000. 00 confirmed on monday on sunday the w. H. O. Warned that the pilot his eyes atio
A leader an activist and an officer of the law all of us are truly revealed and in that moment we must begin asking the important questions that our Society Needs answered in the last 2 weeks weve been witness to tear gas pepper spray but tons shields rubber bullets chemical balls piss boots yes even knees again unleashed on us citizen citizens and whats become an all too common sight on the evening new why in the last few days weve seen police in buffalo by only push a 75 year old man down to the ground with such force that you could hear the crack of the mans skull on the concrete before he lay motionless bleeding from the air while they all walked by why. In denver we saw the police after they fire a chemical weapon at a car carrying a pregnant woman when confronted by her boyfriend the police opened fire with a hail of pepper ball shots on him and his pregnant girlfriend and the car why weve seen journalists legal observers and medics all targeted by Law Enforcement people people w