slavery

August 2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the American slave trade.

Here's what you need to know.

"Witnessing other visitors’ vastly different relationships to it made the experience so intense, and at times painful."

Everyday people are on the front lines.

This is happening around the world.

They may have died while working under "slavery by another name."

It's a trope.

"Her mere existence in these halls sits in discord with generations of exclusion of people of color, especially black people, from the royal family."

A controversial TMZ interview gave Kanye a chance to talk slavery, prison, and Trump.

“Guess I'm cancelling my Amazon Prime subscription now.”

The retailer was forced to remove it.

"They still didn’t feel safe to go on record."

There are actionable ways to help migrants at risk of being sold into slavery.

And how you can help stop it.

"If slavery is America's original sin, willful negligence is America's ongoing sin."

"They were the ones who were the backbone so that George Washington could go off and become the father of our nation."

“Me going there feels like a crazy circle of life type situation.”

Maybe not the best way to learn tough history.

Drawing awareness to a global outrage.

“We need to find ways to shut it down."