http://slavery.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for slavery en Fri, 25 May 2007 17:12:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2009002 unknown@Netscape.com The mother of a woman accused of keeping two Indonesian women as slaves tried to bribe a victim's relative to make the case go away, prosecutors said. Fri, 25 May 2007 17:12:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2009002BriberyclaimscouplesslaverycaseNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1282793 unknown@Netscape.com everybody ought to be able to serve in this country," Murtha said. "I think we ought to not just have a select few who volunteer. I think everybody ought to be obligated to serve. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:49:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1282793murthaDraftslaveryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1074313 unknown@Netscape.com Little cartoon dipicting the three stages of career slavery. Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:15:20 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1074313slaverycareersAgesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/911146 unknown@Netscape.com The Georgia NAACP on Wednesday called for Gov. Sonny Perdue to follow Virginia's lead and issue an apology for the state's role in slavery and Jim Crow. Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:11:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/911146NAACPslaveryapologyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/872796 unknown@Netscape.com 200 years ago the British Parliament passed a law abolishing international slave trade. It took a civil war for the United States to accomplish the same result. By the start of the 20th century, however, slavery was thought to be an evil banished into the past. However, in today's world there are more slaves and to this we have turned a blind eye. Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:35:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/872796modernslaverySlavesslavetradeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/827449 unknown@Netscape.com The Rev. Al Sharpton seemed subdued, quiet, reflective - which was unusual. Just when we thought the news couldn't get any weirder, we learned this week, via The Daily News, that Mr. Sharpton's great-grandfather was a slave who was owned by relatives of Senator Strom Thurmond, the longtime archsegregationist who ran for president as a Dixiec Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:48:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/827449slaveryisNotDead.ItsEvenPastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/730697 unknown@Netscape.com Meeting on the grounds of the former Confederate Capitol, the Virginia House of Delegates voted unanimously Saturday to express "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery. Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:05:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/730697slaveryVirginiaapologyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/421606 unknown@Netscape.com An elementary school teacher was disciplined for showing her fifth-graders parts of the R-rated film "Amistad" during a lesson on slavery. Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:33:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/421606teacherPunishedslaveryfilmclipsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/373382 unknown@Netscape.com BURBANK (CAP) - Evidence uncovered by a CAP News investigative team shows that the Disney Channel has been holding its young performers captive in a sort of indentured servitude, forcing them to appear in each other's shows and movies and sleep in the studio chained in boxes. Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:43:19 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/373382DisneyinvestigationchildslaveryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/196608 unknown@Netscape.com A state legislator said black people "should get over" slavery and questioned whether Jews should apologize "for killing Christ," drawing denunciations Tuesday from stunned colleagues. Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:34:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/196608slaveryFrankD.HargroveVirginiaNews