“Now I've been free, I know what a dreadful condition slavery is. I have seen hundreds of escaped slaves, but I never saw one who was willing to go back and be a slave.”- Harriet Tubman. It is estimated that over 15 million African women, men and children suffered the horror of enslavement and the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans represents one of the most horrific and traumatizing eras in human history. The United Nations (UN) adds that this radicalized system of enslavement, abducted, trafficked, and brutally dehumanized Africans and their descendants over centuries, leaving a destructive legacy of racism grounded in the false narrative of white supremacy. Countering Racism . A critical way to counter racism with justice is to acknowledge the fundamental dignity, equality, and rights of people of African descent within communities, institutions, policies, laws and governing bodies. The United Nations in recognizing the egregious history a