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The sun beats down as I walk the Richmond Slave Trail in Virginia. I've been walking across America, raising funds and awareness for Project H.O.O.D. to build opportunities in Chicago's forgotten neighborhoods. But today, in the former capital of the Confederacy, this walk feels different. As I trace the path where enslaved Africans were marched in chains toward auctions and anguish, I feel that I am walking with ghosts and grace, and I have been thinking about God more deeply and intensely.

Richmond is a city of ironic and historical conflicts. Once the heartbeat of division, where the Confederacy plotted to preserve slavery, I now walk its streets, a Black pastor from the South Side of Chicago marching for unity and hope.

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