Wednesday, May 9, 2018

The Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley Memorial at the City Dock in Annapolis, Maryland

https://www.annapolis.gov/584/Kunta-Kinte-Alex-Haley-Memorial

Here is a quote about the Memorial from the Annapolis City Website:
The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial, located at the City Dock in historic Annapolis, portrays in word and symbol the triumph of the human spirit in very difficult times and conveys Alex Haley's vision for national racial reconciliation and healing. It stresses the importance of maintaining strong family connections and of preserving and honoring one's family history and cultural heritage. 
The Memorial is dedicated especially to all of our African ancestors whose names, unlike Kunta Kinte's, are lost forever in the oceans of time. It also is for all people - African, Asian and European - who arrived in the New World in bondage, whose unpaid labor forged the backbone of this nation's rise to greatness. It is dedicated also to their descendants, who strive to create a nation that celebrates ethnic diversity within the spirit of brotherhood, mutual respect, and understanding.
Annapolis is a nice walking city. 

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