Black scuba divers explore the wreckage of slave ships and the ‘untold American story’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhY65CmhFYg Between the 16th and 19th centuries, millions of enslaved Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas across the Atlantic ocean on a voyage known as the “Middle Passage.” One group is taking a literal deep dive into that history, in hopes of making some important discoveries and raising awareness of the implications it has for people today. Jeffrey Brown reports.

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