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Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project Founder Ann Chinn says it’s not about slavery - it’s about acknowledging the impacts on history.
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In this Jan. 23, 2014 photo Ann Chinn, left, who heads up the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers project, poses with her husband Charlie Cobb, who assists with the project, at their home ...
When Charles R. Johnson wrote the novel “Middle Passage,” which won the National Book Award in 1990 for the Evanston-born writer, he immersed himself in the musings of nautical adventurers ...
In this Jan. 23, 2014 photo Ann Chinn, left, who heads up the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers project, poses with her husband Charlie Cobb, who assists with the project, at their home ...
The Rhode Island Middle Passage Port Marker Project has been working on erecting a memorial recognizing the role Newport played in the slave trade since before 2018, ...
A crowd gathered Sunday on Long Wharf to remember hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans brought to North America across the Middle Passage — including those bought and sold on Boston’s ...
Boston; Middle Passage Port Marker honoring enslaved Africans dedicated in Boston on Sunday . Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 7:33 a.m. Aug. 30, 2021, 7:33 a.m.
Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project Founder Ann Chinn says it’s not about slavery - it’s about acknowledging the impacts on history.