Donors & Sponsors

The construction of the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial at the heart of Annapolis, Maryland, a capital city, required hundreds of thousands of dollars and considerable community and political support. Some of the organizations that made the creation of the Memorial possible are listed below.

Memorial Development & Construction

Major Contributors

Rotary Club of Annapolis
Annapolis Rotary Club
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
City of Annapolis
Farmer’s National Bank
Fourth Street Design Studio
Maryland State Arts Council
SAH, Inc.
Sandy Spring Bank
State of Maryland
TeleSonic
USi, Inc.

Thanks to our Memorial construction sponsors and the many supporters and endorsements for the construction of the Memorial, including the Haley Family and our ongoing sponsors.

Thank you to our sponsors

Endorsements and Approvals (Selected)

Annapolis & Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau
Annapolis Business Association
Annapolis Rotary Club
Annapolis Kiwanis Club
City of Annapolis, Governor Ehrlich
Haley Family
Historic Annapolis Foundation
Historic District Commission
Maryland Archives (Maryland Hall of Records)
Maryland Commission for African American History and Culture
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Parole (Annapolis) Rotary Club
Ridout Family
Ward One (downtown Annapolis) Sector Study

Ongoing Sponsors

In addition to various individual and community supporters, the Foundation’s ongoing sponsors include:

City of Annapolis
Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Arts Council
Four Rivers Heritage

25-Year Anniversary Celebration Sponsors

In addition to our various individual and community supporters and volunteers, the Foundation’s sponsors for the 25-Year Anniversary Celebration include:

Rotary Club of Parole & Books for International Goodwill
Watermark Incredible Journey
Anne Arundel County
City of Annapolis
Arts Council of Anne Arundel County
Chesapeake Crossroads Heritage Area
Elsie Blackshear Chapman
Carroll H. Hynson Jr. & Family
Anonymous Donor

HERITAGE

The farthest-back person they ever talked about was a man they called the African.

~ Alex Haley, Roots

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DIVERSITY

Though we are of different tribes and tongues, remember we are the same people!

~ Mandinka Elder, Roots

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PERSEVERANCE

We all suffer.
If a man’s wise, he learns from it.

~ Boteng Bediako (Uncle Pompey), Roots

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The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial

Located in historic Annapolis, Maryland, the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial symbolizes the triumph of the human spirit. It conveys Alex Haley’s vision for national racial reconciliation and healing, and stresses the importance of strong family connection and the preservation and honoring of cultural history and heritage.

Dedicated to our African ancestors whose names are forever lost in the oceans of time, and to any peoples that arrived in the New World in bondage, whose unpaid labor forged the foundation of this nation’s rise to greatness. Also, to the descendants of these ancestors who strive to foster a nation that celebrates ethnic diversity within the spirit of brotherhood, mutual respect, and understanding.

Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation

The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation, Inc. was incorporated in the state of Maryland in 1995, as a tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) nonprofit profit organization.

Our mission is to spread the vision of Alex Haley, a world that celebrates ethnic diversity while honoring humankind’s common universal experiences.

The Foundation is dedicated to stimulating greater interest in African American culture, history, art, archaeology, anthropology, and genealogy, and to encouraging people of all ethnic backgrounds to search for their own “roots.”

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