Emmy-Award Documentary: "The Hidden History of Slavery in New York"

Program Type:

Lectures & Talks, Screening

Age Group:

Everyone

Event Details

This 30 minute documentary shows how prevalent slavery was in New York, and provides shocking details about how one of the largest slave markets in the country was on Wall Street with NY Harbor as an active slave trading port.

Featuring Bryan Stevenson, a nationally recognized expert on the issue and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative.

The program is hosted by producer/writer Larry Epstein, a producer of "Weekly News Roundup" (RNN-TV) and past Executive Producer of "The Reid Report", (MSNBC)

Q & A and reception to follow