Violence in African American communities is at an all timehigh. During slavery, African Americans also suffered from terrible violence, so WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? Violence then was at the the hands of OTHERS, violence today it is at the hands of BROTHERS. This stunning reversal is a vestige of slavery that

A Slave Ship Moored in New York Harbor During the late 1800’s many abandoned ships that had lost their spars and rigging often rested along the wharfs of lower Manhattan. This rare photo of a three-mast merchant vessel was shot Nov. 4, 1860 as it tossed and bucked at her

Contrabands in Cumberland, Virginia  This photograph was taken in 1862, Cumberland, Virginia just prior to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation (1863) which abolished slavery. The photo makes you wonder “Who are these people?” “How did they live?” “What happened after they were freed?” “Did they go to the North or to the