Opinion

Letter to the Editor | Black History Month is More Than Dashikis and Head Wraps

Dear Editor, A few days ago, my wife and I ran into a few good friends over dinner and entertainment by great local musicians. They recently returned from Africa where they visited “The Door of No Return” in Ghana. According to historians, from about 1450 or the beginning of the Transatlantic slave trade or what is called the Middle Passage, until about 1850, kidnapped Africans were taken by force one by one through "Doors of No Return" just like the one they visited in Ghana. They were force aboard ships bound for the Caribbean, South America, Central America, North America and elsewhere, into lives of generational slavery, never to return to their homeland or families. The realism of these "Door(s) of No Return"  provides for me moments of deep introspection and thought provoking examination. What are the chances of survival for a young African, taken against his or her free will to be held prisoner in dungeons for months before forcibly taken through a door like the one just desc...