Videos

• The International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• UN News Interview with Sir Hilary Beckles on the topic of reparations
• UN Chief visits the National Museum of African American History & Culture 
• Beyond Colonial Histories: Transatlantic Slave Trade - Professor Bryan Stevenson 
• TikTok influencer Taylor Cassidy with Prof. Djamila Ribeiro 
• UNESCO: United against racism
• Amina Mohamed (Deputy Secretary-General), Urgent debate on Racially Inspired Human Rights Violations - 40th Meeting, 43rd Regular Session Human Rights Council
• UN News interviews Christopher Cozier, artist and keynote speaker at the 2019 Commemorative Meeting of the General Assembly to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• UN News interviews Essence Gant, BuzzFeed Beauty Director and keynote speaker at the 2019 ‘Remember Slavery’ Global Student Videoconference
• UN News interviews Lonnie G. Bunch III, Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture and keynote speaker at the 2017 Commemorative Meeting of the General Assembly to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Videos about the United Nations Permanent Memorial to Honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (Ark of Return)

• The Ark of Return: a permanent memorial at the United Nations 
• The Ark of Return: A Virtual Visit 
• The Ark of Return

United Nations - After winning a design competition sponsored by UNESCO in 2013, Rodney Leon’s masterpiece, the Ark of Return, which is the Permanent Memorial in honour of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, was officially unveiled in New York on 25th March 2015.

• Rodney’s Journey: Making the Ark of Return

United Nations - After winning a design competition sponsored by UNESCO in 2013, Rodney Leon’s masterpiece, the Ark of Return, which is the Permanent Memorial in honour of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, was officially unveiled in New York on 25th March 2015. It sits majestically on the plaza of the United Nations as a reminder to the leaders of the world of their responsibility to prevent tragedies such as the Transatlantic Slave Trade from ever occurring again.

• The Ark of Return: Lest We Forget

For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history.

• Ark of Return: New Slavery Memorial

United Nations - The 15th to the 19th century saw a brutal trade in human beings. More than 15 million Africans were sold in the Americas as slaves. Now their ordeal is once again being remembered - and honored.

• Ark of Return designer, Rodney Leon discusses his design with Italian sculptors

United Nations - In late October 2014, Ark of Return designer Rodney Leon visited the ABC Stone Company in Brooklyn, New York, to meet two visiting Italian sculptors to discuss his design for the Permanent Memorial in Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade which will be erected on the grounds of the United Nations.

• H.E. Mr. Henry Mac Donald, Permanent Representative of Suriname to the United Nations, visits the Ark of Return
• H.E. Ms. Kiva Clarke, Consul General of Trinidad and Tobago in New York, visits the Ark of Return
• H.E. Mr. Diego Gómez Pickering, Consul General of Mexico in New York, visits the Ark of Return
• H.E. Ms. Barbara Atherly, Consul General of Guyana in New York, visits the Ark of Return
• Richard Benjamin, Head of the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, visits the Ark of Return
• The President of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Miroslav Lajčák, visits the Ark of Return
• H.E. Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea, becomes the first Head of State to visit the Ark of Return
• H.E. Mrs. Memunatu Pratt, Minister of Tourism and Culture of Sierra Leone, visits the Ark of Return
• Essence Gant, BuzzFeed Beauty Director, visits the Ark of Return
• Ramin Ganeshram, Executive Director of the Westport Museum for History and Culture, sheds light on the little-known history of slavery in Westport and the exhibit “Remembered: The History of African Americans in Westport”
• Ross from St. Matthews Academy Music Program plays bagpipes at the Ark of Return
• Martin Luther King III and family visit the Ark of Return