In honor of the fifth anniversary of the greatest surprise anyone ever pulled on me in my life, I figured I'd do what I do best ... and write about it.

This place is much more than the headline you see scrolling across the bottom of CNN or your memories of Stringer Bell and Avon Barksdale. So give Baltimore a chance.

My walk through the National Civil Rights Museum crystallized my desire to NOT be one of those white faces in the background.