As we pursue racial and economic equality, the ‘ADOS’ needs to realize ‘United We Stand, Divided We Fall.’

Black people as a whole are a complex myriad of cultures and a beautiful array of colors. Many, of course, the descendants of former slaves. For many, the bitter legacy and the enduring struggle for civil rights and equality have been over time an unceasing quest.

American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) a term to specifically distinguish African Americans of slave descent. The term coined by Yvette Carnell and Lawyer Antonio Moore describes people whose ancestors were slaves in the USA before the Civil War.

By Theo Edwards and Ola George