3 Reasons Why Every American Should See 12 Years a Slave

I was not exactly looking forward to seeing 12 Years a Slave when invited to see it at The Academy of Motion Pictures at special screening before it opens in theaters Ocober 18. It's not that I wasn't interested in the subject. I grew up in the South, and my parents were civil rights activists. I attended school in first integrated class in Nashville thanks to a Federal Decree. Roots was my all time favorite mini-series. I studied the history of the South at Vanderbilt University and the laws of...