The early modern era. And by that i mean, essentially, three things. First, the origins and the rise of capitalism around the atlantic beginning in the late 16th century and continuing 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. And then 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. So today were going to talk about one of those three pillars. The african slave trade. Now, i want to begin with a quote by a very eminent africanamerican scholar activist named w. E. B. Dubois. Heres what dubois said about the atlantic slave trade. Dubois wrote the most magnificent drama in the last thousand years of Human History is the transportation of 10 million human beings out
Welcome him here [applause]. All night. All day. Were going to be fighting for freddie gray. All night, all day, we are going to be fighting for freddie gray. The first of all let me say that it is an honor and pleasure to be back here at red emmas, i was here some months ago to introduce to other new books that i have written and i consider it to be quite an honor that they have a invited me back again. Those who may may not be familiar, freddie gray was a young, black man who had a fatal encounter with the police in baltimore. He is in the long list of such young black people have had fatal encounters with the authority, i think of samuel reising kleven, and Staten Island new york, Michael Brown in ferguson, sandra bland in texas, hopefully what im going to be talking about this evening that is to say, these events that stand the period of the onset of the haitian revolution in 1791 until the death of Paul Robinson in 1976 will shed light, i would hope on why, in north america we hav
Cancer patient who was arrested last week as she demanded access to the secret text this even includes the socalled death sentence clause, which would make her drugs unaffordable. Then Grace Lee Boggs has died at the age of 100. We will remember the extraordinary life and legacy of this activist and philosopher. Born into a chinese immigrant family, she would go on to become deeply involved with the civil rights movement, black power, labor and environment will justice and feminist movement. Black power was not just a thing to it wasnt just a slogan, it wasnt so much an emotional appeal as it was when it was first sounded by willie in mississippis in 1966, it was more and assessing. In Grace Lee Boggs today her own words. She died at the age of 100 in her home surrounded by her community, books, philosophy, and ideas as she had lived. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United States and 11 other paci
After years of secret negotiations, 12 countries have reached an agreement on the Transpacific Partnership but is it good for working americans . We will speak with rob weissman and Zahara Heckscher, a Breast Cancer patient who was arrested last week as she demanded access to the secret text this even includes the socalled death sentence clause, which would make her drugs unaffordable. Then Grace Lee Boggs has died at the age of 100. We will remember the extraordinary life and legacy of this activist and philosopher. Born into a chinese immigrant family, she would go on to become deeply involved with the civil rights movement, black power, labor and environment will justice and feminist movement. Black power was not just a thing to it wasnt just a slogan, it wasnt so much an emotional appeal as it was when it was first sounded by willie in mississippis in 1966, it was more and assessing. In Grace Lee Boggs today her own words. She died at the age of 100 in her home surrounded by her co
After years of secret negotiations, 12 countries have reached an agreement on the Transpacific Partnership but is it good for working americans . We will speak with rob weissman and Zahara Heckscher, a Breast Cancer patient who was arrested last week as she demanded access to the secret text this even includes the socalled death sentence clause, which would make her drugs unaffordable. Then Grace Lee Boggs has died at the age of 100. We will remember the extraordinary life and legacy of this activist and philosopher. Born into a chinese immigrant family, she would go on to become deeply involved with the civil rights movement, black power, labor and environment will justice and feminist movement. Black power was not just a thing to it wasnt just a slogan, it wasnt so much an emotional appeal as it was when it was first sounded by willie in mississippis in 1966, it was more and assessing. In Grace Lee Boggs today her own words. She died at the age of 100 in her home surrounded by her co