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The Amistad Research Center is pleased to announce the acquisition of two large book collections that will greatly expand and strengthen...

by Christopher Harter, Deputy Director Support for the Amistad Research Center comes from a diverse community of donors; from individuals and families to organizations, foundations and businesses. The Center is honored to acknowledge a financial contribution of $2500.00 from Burns & McDonnell, an employee-owned firm of 7,600 engineers, construction professionals, architects, planners, technologists, and scientists based in Kansas City, Missouri. This contribution was made in

Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Peru, Oman and Jordan are just a few of the countries Belmont F. Haydel has worked in as an economist and diplomat. The retired U.S. Army major says he supports Amistad Research Center because it goes hand in hand with advancing U.S. cultures, as he believes Amistad offers multiple versions of people’s activities. Determined to follow his interest in Spanish and Latin America, Dr. Haydel attended La Universidad de México in 1948, wa

Donor support is essential to Amistad’s mission of telling America’s story. Financial funding is critical to this mission, but so, too, are donations to the archive itself. Last year, Amistad announced that author, poet, playwright, journalist and activist Alexis De Veaux had begun donating her personal papers to Amistad. De Veaux now reflects on the importance of donation. “I supported Amistad with my literary donation. It’s bigger than any financial contribution I’ve made,”

Webster’s Dictionary defines the word “friend” in the following ways: 1. A person whom one knows well and is fond of; 2. A person on the same side in a struggle; and 3. A supporter or sympathizer. The Amistad Research Center lost a wonderful and long-standing friend this year with the passing of Ms. Willie Lee Hart. A native of Alabama, but a long-time resident of Chicago, Ms. Hart was associated with the Center for over 35 years and served for many years as the president of