Oct 7th, 2008 · Host Michel Martin kicks off Rhode Island's Freedom Festival with a conversation on a bicentennial commemoration, marking the end of the transatlantic slave trade. Martin is joined by filmmaker Katrina Browne, Africana Studies professor Dr. James Campbell, Mary-Kim Arnold and the Rev. Jeffery A. Williams, head pastor at the Cathedral of Life.
Keywords: professor · slave · Rhode · Island · Rhode Island · Festival · filmmakers · Williams · pastor · Martini · Bicentennial · Jeffery
Jul 29th, 2008 · In the new PBS documentary, "Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North," producer Katrina Browne follows her family's journey as they learn their ancestors were among the nation's biggest slave traders. Browne and her co-producer Juanita Brown talk about the film and how it changed a New England family's perception of their past.
Keywords: national · slave · Family · documentary · New England · journey · truth · ancestors · Trader · PBS · Deep North · Katrina Browne
