Those people that were brought here over 400 years ago, in bondage, they didn’t come here as ignorant slaves. They came as people from various different parts of a huge continent which we know of as Africa, and with incredible skills. And it was those skills that were utilized to help build the United States into the powerhouse that it is today. You cannot separate the two, so we want our young people to know the history of the ancestors by putting voice to the ancestors, their contributions, and their capabilities
