The Atlantic slave trade brought millions of African people from the Continent to the "new" world, countries in North, Central and South America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Islands. Those Africans who survived the Middle Passage and slavery gave birth to a new race of creole people who became Us, the Diasporan people. Join us on August 3, 2020, as we launch the Modern African Diaspora Experience (www.mademuseum.com) a place where you can learn about, engage with, and empower people of African descent throughout the 40+ countries of this modern African diaspora. Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, United Kingdom, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, the British Virgin Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Monserrat, Belize, Canada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, the United States, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

In this interview, Jelani Malonga talks with American Legacy Corps. founder Rodney Reynolds, a Cleveland native whose own legacy will include the ever evolving media company dedicated to Black history and culture. From the American Legacy Magazine to the Mobile Museum, to the current venture, American Legacy Network, Reynolds is creating his own legacy. Those of us who love history and Black culture will be enriched because of it.