National Geographic Kids - UK (2022-03)

Albert José Jones (top)

has been on more than

7,000 dives and is con-

sidered the godfather

of Black scuba diving

in the U.S. He founded

the country’s oldest

Black diving club,

Underwater Adventure

Seekers in Washington,

D.C., in 1959, and

co-founded the

National Association

of Black Scuba Divers,

in 1991. DWP’s Haigler

(right) has trained

divers and searched

for slave shipwrecks

for 15 years. He says

being underwater

is a “life-changing,

spiritual experience.”

‘THE STORY OF

SLAVERY IS A

STORY OF

EMPOWERMENT. IT’S

ALSO A STORY OF

RESILIENCE, A STORY

OF TRIUMPH.’

JAY HAIGLER

PHOTO (TOP): COURTESY ALBERT JOSÉ JONES