The biggest challenge we face with telling the stories and passing the word is accuracy. Much of black history was passed down through word of mouth, supposition and misrepresentation. And like the telephone game that we all played as children the tales have changed and morphed with each telling. When black history does make its way into school curriculum it is oftentimes abbreviated, sugar coated and limited to slavery and the civil rights movement. Now more than ever it is imperative that a new generation of youths are told the stories. That we teach the truths of our history. That we plant roots in a soil rich with culture, achievement and excellence so that we may continue to cultivate the power and success that our people are known to possess but are often denied.

The hope is that the experience we create for each theme and time in history will regenerate and revive the tradition of generational storytelling so that future generations will remember, accept and appreciate the role African Americans have played in the building of our country and American History as a whole. To answer the question posed here, we do this because we want to increase awareness and maximize exposure to our history, black history, black achievement and greatness. Though our leaders of the past would be pleased to see the strides we have made as a people and as a country they would recognize that there is still a long way to go. Our vision is to see that The Immersion carries the torch as visionaries in crafting of minds and the emergence of lifelong readers, mathematicians, scientists and scholars.