Actress Lupita Nyong'o

LUPITA   SEEKS  US  SLAVE _TRADE  PRESERVATION;

"Twelve  Years A  Slaves" actress  Lupita Nyong'o  is  lending  her  star-power to  the
opposition  to a minor  league  baseball stadium in what was  once the  centre   of Richmond 's
thriving  slaves  trading  centre'

Nyong'o  has  been posting  anti- stadium opinions  on social media  to her  millions of  followers
'and  has personally  appealed  to Mayor  Dwight  C Jones to  withdraw  support  of  the stadium
that  is  the centrepiece  of  an economic  development project.

The  stadium centred-project is  proposed  for Shockoe  Bottom ,the city's oldest  neighbourhood
and once the bustling  centre  of the  slave-trade.
By  some estimates,more  300,000 men ,women and children  were jailed ,bought sold  in the  bottom and  shipped throughout nthe  Southern  states  in the decades  leading to the  Civil-War.

The  stadium proposal has  unleashed  pent-up frustration  among  those  who believe  the  city has
literally  buried  that  shameful  chapter of  it's  history.
The area  is now home to the  nightclubs,restauransts, former  tabacco warehouses trasformed
into townhouses  and  parking lots.

Nyong'o has  a Twevle Year  Slave' connection  to the  neighbourhood .
The celebrated Film  depicts the life  of Solomon Northrup, who is kidnapped  and sold into slavery.
Nyong 'o has been briefed  on the issue and  has posted her own comments.
The  stadium was proposed as part of a development  that would include  slavery  museum, hotel
and  apartments..........NEXT  VIDEO.....