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In the third of our five - part series on slavery, we urge you not... More

In the third of our five - part series on slavery, we urge you not to look away — read on and discover how you can be part of the solution.

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This part of the series speaks about the beginnings of slavery on European society due to the exploration

The series, a slow - to - unfold but emotionally gripping tale, focuses on the life of Aminata Diallo (played by Shailyn Pierre - Dixon as a child and Aunjanue Ellis as an adult), who was ripped from her parents» arms at age 11 and sold into slavery.

Airing on three consecutive nights, beginning Monday at 8, the six - hour series — based on the award - winning book of the same name by Lawrence Hill, who co-wrote the teleplay with director Clement Virgo — tells the story of Aminata Diallo (Aunjanue Ellis, «The Help»), a woman stolen from her village in Africa and sold into slavery as a child.

Works on view (until November 27 2016) include several of Walker's large - scale print series, cut - steel sculptures, a mural, and a video installation, displaying the range of approaches the artist has taken to exploring the legacy of slavery and its impact on contemporary American identity.

From tribes to chains; from community to cargo; from farms to ships to plantations; from South to North; from slavery to freedom - the migration routes of black people from Africa to America form the subject of Betye Saar's new series, Migrations / Transformations, scheduled to be on view at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery from September 8 to October 28, 2006.

In an adjoining gallery, selections from Thomas» current series, Branded, are on view; a critique of the hyper - masculine tropes cycled through capitalist systems — images of NBA players used as figures that equate the exchange and labor of black bodies in major league sports, a type of «modern slavery.»

The section takes its title from a Melvin Edwards» series of sculptures seen in the gallery, part of a larger series of his Lynch Fragments, which, through their materiality, touch on American identity, how slavery evolved into mass incarceration, and ideas surrounding economies of labor.

The works on view include several of Walker's large - scale print series, cut - steel sculptures, a mural, and a video installation, displaying the range of approaches the artist has taken to exploring the legacy of slavery and its impact on contemporary American identity.

«Ernest C Withers and Glenn Ligon: I Am A Man Teaching Galleries One and Two,» Contemporary Art Museum St Louis, MO, January 20 — March 28, 2006 «Down by Law, curated by The Wrong Gallery,» Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, January 21 — May 15, 2006 «Collective Histories / Collective Memories: California Modern,» Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, February 6 — September 24, 2006 «Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards,» American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, May 19 — June 12, 2006 «Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery,» New - York Historical Society, New York, NY, June 16, 2006 — January 7, 2007; catalogue «The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory,» Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, September 2, 2006 — January 15, 2007 «Group Dynamic: Portfolios, Series, and Sets,» Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, September 15 — December 29, 2006 «black alphabet: conTEXTS of contemporary african - american art,» Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland, September 22 — November 19, 2006 «Interstellar Low Ways,» Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, October 15, 2006 — January 14, 2007 «Process and Collaboration: Celebrating Twelve Years at 1315 Cherry Street,» The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, December 2, 2006 — January 6, 2007 «Defamation of Character,» organized by Neville Wakefield, PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, October 29, 2006 — January 8, 2007 «Voodoo Macbeth,» curated by David A Bailey, De La Warr Pavilion, East Sussex, UK, October 7, 2006 — January 22, 2007 «Yes Bruce Nauman,» Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY, July 7 — September 9, 2006 «Gifts go in one direction,» curated by Alexander Nagel, apexart, New York, NY, July 5 — August 12, 2006 «SUBJECT,» Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT, May 13 — August 14, 2006 «Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture,» American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, March 7 — April 9, 2006 «Dark Places,» Santa Monica Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles, CA, January 21 — April 22, 2006 «Skin Is a Language,» Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, January 12 — May 21, 2006 «Portraits of Artists: A selection of photographic works from the collection,» Luhring Augustine, New York, NY, January 7 — February 11, 2006