Roots and Race, a Refresher Course

I have always thought of slavery as only being a part of the Deep South. I was reminded of that not being the case in Annapolis. On the waterfront is statues of Alex Haley and kids from different races. The book Roots changed America's understanding of slavery, perhaps sadly the TV series did more.

It was in Annapolis that Kunta Kinte arrived via slave ship and then was sold. I picked up a copy of Roots today to reread and remember. It might just help me better understand all I am hearing in the news these days.