From Slave to Citizen - A Journey of Discovery

Author: (French) Philippe Audoin (French) Fran?ois Vérité
Translator: Chen Weifeng
France/France
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Publishing Date: 2006-09-01
Features: How did these people who suffered humiliation and pain endure it? Starting from the 1830s, Britain, France, and the United States successively abolished slavery and granted slaves equal citizenship. Why was it not until 1963, when Martin Luther King delivered his famous speech "I Have a Dream," that people were still calling for an end to racial discrimination and the fight for equality? What is the historical background behind the discrimination against all people of color in the world? Where did this Western ideology, which still influences the global landscape today, originate? Is the story of slavery that traditional textbooks have been teaching us since childhood complete and true?