WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en

1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.583
(gentle music)

2
00:00:06.690 --> 00:00:08.760
- Amistad is really a treasure for me,

3
00:00:08.760 --> 00:00:10.590
because many of my stories are set

4
00:00:10.590 --> 00:00:12.900
in Louisiana or the South.

5
00:00:12.900 --> 00:00:15.990
And for the research that I need,

6
00:00:15.990 --> 00:00:20.940
I rely on the Amistad as usually
my first place of contact.

7
00:00:20.940 --> 00:00:22.230
- Tracing its history

8
00:00:22.230 --> 00:00:26.250
to an 1841 United States
Supreme Court case

9
00:00:26.250 --> 00:00:29.190
involving the transatlantic slave trade,

10
00:00:29.190 --> 00:00:33.300
Amistad is more than an archive
and library about struggle.

11
00:00:33.300 --> 00:00:36.690
Amistad is a place where
the stories and triumphs

12
00:00:36.690 --> 00:00:40.200
of leaders and everyday
people from all walks

13
00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.650
of life continue to live
in the public's mind.

14
00:00:43.650 --> 00:00:46.050
- Many times some of
the historical research,

15
00:00:46.050 --> 00:00:49.260
the archives that I find
at the Amistad, help me,

16
00:00:49.260 --> 00:00:51.750
because those materials are not

17
00:00:51.750 --> 00:00:54.150
in other archives or locations.

18
00:00:54.150 --> 00:00:57.120
So I can come here for interviews

19
00:00:57.120 --> 00:01:00.120
and for personal papers,
like civil rights leaders.

20
00:01:00.120 --> 00:01:03.210
That really helped me with
the information that I need.

21
00:01:03.210 --> 00:01:06.960
Even if people cannot come
to the location physically,

22
00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:08.700
a lot of information is online.

23
00:01:08.700 --> 00:01:11.010
There's a wonderful program
that the Amistad has

24
00:01:11.010 --> 00:01:12.960
called Amistad on the Go!,

25
00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:16.710
that is so clever, so timely,

26
00:01:16.710 --> 00:01:18.900
and it's a great resource for teachers,

27
00:01:18.900 --> 00:01:21.716
so I just invite
educators to check it out.

28
00:01:21.716 --> 00:01:24.383
(gentle music)