Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley Memorial Sidewalk At Head of City Dock Annapolis, MD 21401 Phone: (410) 841-6920  Fax: (410) 841-6505 Kinte-Haley Foundation E-Mail: info@kintehaley.com		KUNTA KINTE - ALEX HALEY MEMORIAL  This Page Is Currently Under Construction  The Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley Memorial commemorates the place of arrival of Alex Haley’s African ancestor, Kunta Kinte, to the New World, as told in the book Roots. It is located in Annapolis, Maryland at the head of the City’s harbor. This Memorial is the only memorial in the United States that commemorates the actual name and place of arrival of an enslaved African. It portrays in word and symbol Alex Haley’s vision for national racial reconciliation and healing, and symbolizes in Kunta Kinte and his descendants the triumph of the human spirit in very difficult times. The Memorial includes a sculpture group of a seated Alex Haley reading from a book on his lap to three children of different ethnic backgrounds. As he stretches his hand toward the Chesapeake Bay, he tells his family’s story and the story of the Annapolis port, a symbolic Ellis Island for African Americans.

Frommer’s Travel Guides Review “As if frozen in time, a sculpture of Alex Haley reaches out to the Chesapeake Bay to tell the story of Roots, his best-selling novel, to a group of children sitting on the City Dock. This display not only memorializes Haley and his African ancestor Kunta Kinte, but also recalls an actual place where enslaved Africans arrived in the New World. The sculpture is accompanied by a series of engraved plaques that complete the story and the memorial.” - Hoboken, NJ.

You can also visit the Alex Haley House Museum in Henning, Tennessee and Haley Heritage Square in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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