donald glover, oprah winfrey, m jay-z and ms. the dream, charles, drew, john lewis, john lewis. [applause] and every sadie, bulah, caledonia through the years and every kanisha, jamaal and latre to come. you are the dream. [applause] and the hope, of the slave. [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome professor annette garden reed. >> you're going to make me follow that? it is really great to be here. dr. reed: i'm honored to be here on this great occasion. as we commemorate the start of slavery in the english north america in 1619. i say english north america because we know that enslaved africans were in north america before 1619. as early as the early 1500s, brought by the spanish. there were africans all over the southwest part of the united states, texas, mexico places that we know long before the first unsuccessful english attempt to found a colony in roanoke in 1585, and later successful colony in jamestown in 1607. the notation about the arrival of 20 and odd negroes by john rolfe has been taken at the