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unusual facts about Amistad



Carmen Beltrán

For the play and her activities within the Mexican American community she was awarded the Humanitarian Award from the Mexican American Unity Council and the City of Tucson's Amistad Award for her work with local radio station KUAT.

Carpenter's Anole

It is found in Amistad Caribe, Huetar Norte, Cordillera Volcanica Central, Guanacaste, Tortuguero; outside Costa Rica it is found from northwestern Colombia to Costa Rica.

Detali Zvuku festival

Scorn, Pan Sonic, Extrawelt, Sturqen, Mika Vainio, V4w.enko, Ujif Notfound, Aaabzu, Agata Vilchyk, Akuvido, Alla Zagaykevych, DJ Amistad, Andreas Tilliander, Andrey Kiritchenko, .

Hale Woodruff

Among Woodruff's well-known works is the three-panel Amistad Mutiny murals (1938), held at Talladega College in Talladega County, Alabama.

The murals, commissioned and painted during the Great Depression, are entitled: The Revolt, The Court Scene, and Back to Africa, portraying events related to the 18th-century slave revolt on the Amistad.

James Covey

Yale professor Josiah Gibbs, seeking anyone who spoke the Mende language to assist him by interpreting for the Amistad captives, went to New York Harbor and loudly counted to ten in Mende until someone who could understand him approached.

Puente La Amistad de Taiwán

Puente La Amistad was damaged on 5 September 2012 by the 2012 Costa Rica earthquake.

Roger Sherman Baldwin

A simplified version of the events regarding the Amistad case was made into a movie called Amistad in 1997 in which Matthew McConaughey portrayed Roger Sherman Baldwin.

Serenata Guayanesa

This double album entitled "Una Amistad de 25 Años" (A 25 Year Friendship) had contributions by well known Venezuelan artists such as María Teresa Chacín, Cheo Hurtado, Simón Díaz, Gualberto Ibarreto, Vidal Colmenares, Ismael Querales, and the gaita zuliana singers Ricardo Cepeda and Abdenago "Neguito" Borjas.

Thomas DeSaille Tucker

He attended the Mende Mission of the American Missionary Association, a school founded by American missionaries who accompanied the captives from the Amistad back to Africa.

William D. Payne

Assemblyman Payne's Amistad legislation established the Amistad Commission to incorporate African American history and contributions into the K-12 curriculum in New Jersey schools and, the practice of racial profiling by law enforcement and all civil service employees has been criminalized in New Jersey by landmark legislation of which Assemblyman Payne was the lead sponsor.

William S. Holabird

A simplified version of the events regarding the Amistad case was made into a movie called Amistad in 1997 in which Pete Postlethwaite portrayed William S. Holabird.


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