Stearlin Arnwine, who was 94 and living near Jacksonville, Texas, when he was interviewed, said he would see slaves on the auction block, stripped to the waist for inspection by potential buyers.

CNN: America's 'Slave Narratives' should shock us

Barbara Arnwine, executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, and Ted Shaw, director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, I thank you both for joining us.

NPR: Thousands of New Orleans Voters Can't Get to Polls

Ms. ARNWINE: Yes, and I think it's critical that people, if they're in Houston, Atlanta, Massachusetts, Chicago, Seattle--that they're all aware that they can vote from where they're living right now, that they do not have to come to New Orleans, that they actually can call and receive an--request an absentee ballot by phone, that they can fax the request for that absentee ballot, that that absentee ballot can be faxed to them.

NPR: Thousands of New Orleans Voters Can't Get to Polls