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Review: Emancipation starring Will Smith is 'thrilling' but may not be Oscar-worthy
Emancipation stars Will Smith as Whipped Peter, who went from slave to soldier. CBC's Eli Glasner discusses the plot and whether Smith can be up for an Oscar after the Chris Rock incident.
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Top Ethiopia health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray
Eleven women tell Reuters they had been raped by soldiers as a top Ethiopian official has made a sexual slavery accusation.
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Canada's often forgotten history of slavery on-screen
As new film and TV projects explore the history of the transatlantic slave trade, including the new documentary series Enslaved, a historian finds Canada's role in these stories tends to be one-dimensional and positive.
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Canadian actress Allison Mack pleads guilty in NXIVM criminal case
The CBC's Briar Stewart's report from April 2019, followed the case in New York where the celebrity was charged with racketeering.
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Smallville actress Allison Mack pleads guilty in NXIVM criminal case
The CBC's Briar Stewart's report from April 2019, followed the case in New York where the celebrity was charged with racketeering.
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Toronto names laneway after Luella Price, a woman who escaped slavery in the 1800s
One of the ways to commemorate notable figures in Toronto is to name a street or laneway after them. The latest example of that happened today in Leslieville, for a woman who ran an organization for people in need more than a century...
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Brothers remember helicopter pilot father who died last year fighting wildfires in Fort Good Hope
A loving husband, an awesome dad, the bright spark in every room: that's how two brothers are remembering a Yellowknife helicopter pilot who died one year ago. Saturday marked a year since the crash in Fort Good Hope, N.W.T., that...
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New Rochelle parents outraged about question on a homework assignment to fourth graders about slavery
Both Keona Parker and school district officials say while the teacher had told the class to not answer the question, the teacher didn't delete it from the page.
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Brazil Halts BYD Site After Workers Found In 'Slave' Conditions
Brazilian authorities halted the construction of BYD's new electric vehicle facility after workers were found living in conditions that resembled "Slavery." as a result, BYD severed ties with the construction business firm.
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On Juneteenth, family honors legacy of church founder, Black pioneer
On Juneteenth, a Black family honors the legacy of church founder and Black pioneer Rev. Jack Yates. (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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Frederick Douglass Statue Vandalized On Anniversary Of Famous Speech
July 5 marked the anniversary of Douglass' now famous speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
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From Memorials To Museums, CEO Builds On Centuries-Long Tradition
Deryl McKissack is not only building on her family legacy of architecture, but she is also working to diversify the industry for others.
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Boston To Remove Statue of Abraham Lincoln With Kneeling Slave
The Boston Art Commission voted to get rid of a Lincoln sculpture featuring a freed slave kneeling that critics said demeaned Black people.
Sky News
Steve McQueen says children should learn about the slave trade
Steve McQueen says children should learn about the slave trade
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Calls Grow To Remove Abraham Lincoln Statues In D.C. And Boston
Both the Emancipation Memorial in Washington and its copy in Boston are facing growing public scrutiny over their depictions of Black people.
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Most Americans Back Protests, But Support Shifts On Racial Lines
New polling shows most Americans support protests. A plurality think they will cause positive change, but the sentiment shifts among Black Americans.
Sky News
Mark Kermode Interview on BAFTA Film Nominees
CLEAN: Interior shots of Mark Kermode, film critic giving an interview about the films "Gravity" and "12 Years A Slave" being nominated for BAFTA awards. Mark Kermode Interview on BAFTA Film Nominees on January 08, 2014 in London,...
Sky News
BAHAMAS: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge On Day 7 of Royal Tour of the Caribbean
VOICED: Shows exterior and interior shots Prince William Duke of Cambridge and Catherine (Kate) Duchess of Cambridge on a Royal Tour of the Bahamas including attending a evening reception, a meet and greet walkabout, a visit to Sybil...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : A life of servitude: the modern slaves of Pakistan
VOICED : A life of servitude: the modern slaves of Pakistan
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Census Bureau Finds Oldest Living American
Women typing at desks at the Washington DC Census Office / close up of machine in operation / people searching through records in file cabinets / Jim Wilson reading a large bible on his front porch / close up of Wilson looking at stack...
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HBO Max Temporally Pulls 'Gone With The Wind' Movie
HBO says it will bring the movie back at a later date with added historical context.
Bridgeman Arts
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...