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- Amistad is really a treasure for me,
because many of my stories are set
in Louisiana or the South.
And for the research that I need,
I rely on the Amistad as usually my first place of contact.
- Tracing its history
to an 1841 United States Supreme Court case
involving the transatlantic slave trade,
Amistad is more than an archive and library about struggle.
Amistad is a place where the stories and triumphs
of leaders and everyday people from all walks
of life continue to live in the public's mind.
- Many times some of the historical research,
the archives that I find at the Amistad, help me,
because those materials are not
in other archives or locations.
So I can come here for interviews
and for personal papers, like civil rights leaders.
That really helped me with the information that I need.
Even if people cannot come to the location physically,
a lot of information is online.
There's a wonderful program that the Amistad has
called Amistad on the Go!,
that is so clever, so timely,
and it's a great resource for teachers,
so I just invite educators to check it out.
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