Congratulations to everyone honored at this year’s Joseph Cinque Awards put on by the Black Law Students Association! The Alumni Award went to Rodney Jacobs ‘15 and the Cinque Award to Judge Angelina Jackson. Thanks to keynote speaker Dr. Kyra Shahid. Check out this video to see what made this such a special event. | University of Dayton School of Law

Amistad: Sierra Leone’s Secret History & The Hero Joseph Cinqué Before “Freetown” was a name on a map, it was an idea — freedom after generations of bondage. The story begins with Sengbe Pieh, known to the Spanish as Joseph Cinqué, who led the revolt aboard the Amistad. After a landmark court case in the United States, the captured Africans were sent home — to Sierra Leone. Freetown’s very name honors that history. It became a settlement for freed Africans from Nova Scotia and beyond — people of