for sicily shofman and her past came looking for her when remnants of slave cabins were discovered at a notorious plantation in maryland. essence magazine tried to find a descende descendent. they found 27-year-old sicily of atlanta. now, thes the great, great, great, great granddaughter of john murdoch. she and her mother took a trip to the plantation and are joining us for this black history month edition of what matters. thank you so much for joining us. this is an incredible, powerful story. sicily, i want to start with you. your father passed away when you were 13. you lost him at a young age and yet, you linked with him. you found connections to the father you lost. i tell you, it s an
wrestled to the ground the ghosts of its nazi past. we have failed to do that, particularly in the south with our confederate past. the time to do so is now. because people are afraid to dus cusit and if you talk about, you re a race baiter. unless you teach people history it talks about how elementary school children have to go visit the holocaust. should we do that where you have to go to a plantation, you have to visit slave cabins, you have to go to a cotton field to understand the history of this country? he said those who don t understand history are doomed to repeat it. there s no doubt we have to have this. ambassador. we ve got to learn the history, we got to teach the kids the history. in england where i live, if aio look at many of the graves of the soldiers who fought in the