Family of slave ship's financier on efforts to make amends | 60 Minutes
Descendants of the enslaved Africans brought to Alabama on the last known slave ship met with the family of the ship's financier to discuss reconciliation.
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Descendants of the enslaved Africans brought to Alabama on the last known slave ship met with the family of the ship's financier to discuss reconciliation.
New revelations about the 3m vessels scattered across the ocean floor, from Titanic to Shackleton’s Endurance to the slave ship Clotilda, are not only rewriting our history but could determine our survival
By founding the first African American scuba club, Albert José Jones led the way for Black divers to explore the ocean—and their own history.
Between the 16th and 19th centuries, millions of enslaved Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas across the Atlantic ocean on a voyage known as the “Middle Passage." One group is taking a literal deep dive into that history, in hopes of making some important discoveries and raising awareness of the implications it has for people today. Jeffrey Brown reports.
Explorer Tara Roberts took up diving to learn about the human side of a tragic era. She wound up connecting with her family’s inspiring past.