E-mail a friendMay 16, 2006
The New Yorker editor David Remnick discusses the new tension in the U.S.-Russia relationship. Former Sudanese slave Francis Bok says Americans must realize that slavery still exists in other parts of the world.
David Remnick
David Remnick
David Remnick became The New Yorker editor in '98. He joined the publication in '92 after ten years with the Washington Post. Remnick is highly regarded as an investigative journalist and biographer, whose subjects have included Ralph Ellison, Pope John Paul II and Muhammad Ali. In '94, he won a Pulitzer for his book Lenin's Tomb. Remnick has been a Council on Foreign Relations Visiting Fellow and taught at Columbia and Princeton. His new book, Reporting, is a collection of his New Yorker essays.
Francis Bok
Francis Bok
Francis Bok talks about contemporary slavery.
At age 7, Francis Bok was captured and enslaved during an Arab militia raid on his Sudanese village. He lived in bondage for 10 years before escaping and resettling in the U.S. In '00, he became the first escaped slave to testify before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and has been honored by the NBA Boston Celtics as a "Hero Among Us" for his community service. Bok works with the Boston-based American Anti-Slavery Group and shares his experience in his autobiography, Escape from Slavery.