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The Student Unification Party, led by Butu Levi and Martin Kollie (center), protest the president on July 26, 2018, Liberian Independence Day. Photo courtesy Images Africa

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From Mississippi to Liberia: The Living Legacy of America’s West African Colony

Many say the legacy of freed African-American slaves, some from Mississippi, living and ruling over Liberia for more than 150 years ignited two Liberian civil wars that spanned 14 years …

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