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Cuba Is Like Going To A Whole Other Planet. It's So Different But It's So Similar To The United States, To Miami. It's Like A Doppelgaenger. It's The Mirror Image. And I Have No Doubt, That Once Cuba Becomes Democratic, That It Will Be The Favorite Tourist Destination For Americans.

The First Slave Came To Florida In 1526. The First One We Know By Name, Esteban, Which Means Stephen, Came A Couple Of Years Later. So, We Start With The Stories Of Juan Garrido And Esteban To Show That African-american People Have Been Here A Century Longer Than Anyone Thought, And That The Diversity We See In The African-american Community Today Has Existed Since The Beginning.

The Biggest Surprise For Me, Without A Doubt, Was That The First Black People Who Came To The United States Weren't The 20 Who Arrived In Jamestown In 1619. All Of Us Had Been Taught That. The First African Came To Florida In 1513. And The Huge Shock Is We Know His Name, Juan Garrido, And That He Wasn't A Slave. He Was Free!

Politicians Will Not Put Forth Programs Aimed At The Problems Of Poor Blacks While Their Turnout Remains So Low.

The First Step Toward Tolerance Is Respect And The First Step Toward Respect Is Knowledge.