jomokinyata, got degrees, went back and was instrumental in organizing his people out from under the yoke of english colonialism. wow, that blew my mind. here i was, i get a's in math, c's in english, a's in math and all that stuff. i knew nothing about my african-american people's history whatsoever. and that's what caused me to begin to research and know my african-american people's history. next thing i know i'm digesting wb black reconstruction, works and publications by dr. herbert. one dealt with a documentation of all of the wars we had fought in the united states of america including the first colonial war. i mean, this was blowing my mind. herbert had another book of 250 slavery boats from 1800 to 1859. and what he considered a slavery boat involved 10 or more slaves, and i was flabbergasted that black people had resisted. prior to that they taught me black folks as nice and sit on a bench and play the banjo and basically happy and it was just the opposite. so i'm shocked. i mean you know, it was a thing. so i'm really on a quest, a literal quest to understand, know and real