slavery

Today on Your Call: What is the power of reconciliation?

Ali Budner — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:09:48 +0000

Hearing the first-person accounts of slaves

Hana Baba — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:46:47 +0000

Slavery is an ugly part of American history. And it is exposed in raw form at an exhibit showing the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco.

Today on Your Call: What is the power of conveying history through film?

Ali Budner — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Reviving America's first slave autobiography

Hana Baba — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:43:32 +0000

Genealogy is becoming an easier field to navigate these days, with websites and organizations encouraging people to discover their family heritage.

That’s what Oakland’s Regina Mason did, but on her own. In the upcoming film Gina’s Journey, Mason chronicles her adventure in searching for her family history. Being an African American, that meant she would surely encounter slavery, which she did.

Investigation exposes human trafficking in the Bay Area

Holly Kernan — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:22:43 +0000

Slavery doesn’t often make the headlines, but the practice is alive and well in the 21st century. According to an investigation in the San Francisco Public Press, there are more people enslaved today than at any other time in history. The U.S. State Department says that estimates of those enslaved through human trafficking ranges from 4 million to 27 million people.