Focus on Slavery

Interview between Premier TV presenter Cindy Kent, Bill Drayton and Minnie Kennedy.

This took place on 23 March 2007 during the visit by a group of African Americans from Charleston SC, coinciding with the events commemorating the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade.

Minnie speaks about her work with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., about the incident on the boat between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

Find out more about Minnie and her life under Personal Stories