Linda SamuelLinda Pace Samuel is a native of Tuskegee Alabama and came of age as the country grappled with questions of equal protection under the law for all its citizens. She studied at Tuskegee University and earned a B.S. degree in Political Science. Highligts of her professional career include serving as aide to Civil Rights icon and U.S. Representative John Lewis in his Atlanta office, as well as co-managing a House legislative information office on Capitol Hill. Linda launched her writing career after she took her first trip to Ghana, West Africa and visited slave castles that still stand on the Gulf of Guinea. The trip energized her interest in African American history and a re-examination of the American slave experience. Her hopes are that her writings promote healing of its after-effects. Linda is the mother of two adult children and has two grandsons. Read More Read Less