Jerry Lawson – “The King of A Cappella” – is the subject of a new documentary, “Just A Mortal Man – The Jerry Lawson Story,” premiering nationwide on PBS Plus and the WORLD Channel starting February 10.
Indeed, “the slave trade began in the 15th century,” said Boniface Chidyausiku of Zimbabwe in 2007, when he was the acting president of the United Nations General Assembly. Chidyausiku made the remarks during the UN’s observance of the 200th anniversary of the end of the transatlantic slave trade. “It was driven by colonial expansion, emerging capitalist economies and the insatiable demand for commodities – with racism and discrimination serving to legitimize the trade,” said Chidyausiku.