Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Virginia Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of Arrival of African Slaves-- Part 2: "What Became a Nation"


Virginia's two senators and governor will make remarks at a Saturday ceremony.  And, a family that traces its bloodlines to those first Africans will hold a reflection at its cemetery on Friday.

"This moment means everything to folks like myself who are African American and to folks on the continent as well, " said Mary Elliott, curator of American Slavery at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

"But it should mean something to everybody, regardless of race,"  she added,"because it is a moment that define a nation -- what became a nation."

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