Greetings,

A number of people responded to my request for contacts on training museum
staff around issues of racial/cultural diversity.  One part of our training
will be a program titled, "A World of Difference," developed by the
Anti-Defamation League, in which our staff museum-wide "must" participate
(in the words of our CEO - the importance of who's support and
participation can not be overstated).

Many also expressed interest in the _Amistad_ project in general.  Thus I
wish to announce a new web page on this project.  For those of you who have
no idea what I'm talking about, Mystic Seaport is planning on building a
replica of a topsail schooner on which, in 1839, there was a "slave
revolt."  When this Spanish-flagged vessel was captured by a Revenue Cutter
and brought in to New London, CT, an international "affair" ensued; this
event provided a point around which the Abolitionist movement coalesed.
The story is an important event in African-American history, and more
precisely - in the struggle for human rights in this country, but not
generally known in many circles.

Check out the web page at:

http://www.amistadamerica.org

Thanks for your interest.

Edward


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Edward Baker
Supervisor of Interpretation
Mystic Seaport Museum
Box 6000
Mystic, CT  06355
(860)572-0711
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http://www.mysticseaport.org
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