Slave Routes: The Long Memory

Coverage of the Oct. 5-9 NYU slavery conference
by undergraduate journalism students

For three weeks in late September and early October, 30 undergrads from Prof. Brooke Kroeger's Feature Writing class and Prof. Lamar Graham's Online Magazine class worked together closely to cover events and issues related to "Slave Routes: The Long Memory," an international conference sponsored by NYU's Institute for African-American Affairs. Everything you'll find in this Web special was reported, written, photographed and produced by the students and edited by their instuctors. Design and production assistance was provided by Tom Loftus, an NYU journalism graduate student.

NYU CONFERENCE SPOTLIGHTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF SLAVERY
More than 500 scholars, activists, experts and students from around the world come together at the conference's opening plenary to explore the history and ramifications of three-and-a-half centuries of African bondage in the Western Hemisphere

STILL IN CHAINS: SLAVERY IN THE MODERN WORLD
More than 100 years after the emancipation of black Americans, millions of people of color remain human chattel in Mauritania, the Sudan and other parts of Africa.

SLAVERY'S LEGACY IN AMERICAN MUSIC, ART AND CULTURE

•Rappers reflect on whether the music industry tries to keep black artists down

•Panel explores African traditions in American art and culture

•Humble slave burial ground becomes nexus for remembrance

•Art exhibit depicts slave experience as an unhealed wound

Up from bondage?
Author argues that slavery was ultimately good for African-Americans

The African Diaspora
How the slave trade forever changed cultures on two continents
Plus:Tracing your African-American roots

THE LESSONS OF SLAVERY

Workshop helps educators find ways to make slavery relevant to today's students

Conference attracts many, but few NYU undergrads

Anatomy of a conference
How NYU's Institute for African-American Affairs put on a world-class program