Juneteenth is a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that the Civil War had ended and slaves had been freed. This was two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. […]
Words are important and Action brings them to Life. Today, Monday, Jan. 16 is MLK Day of Service. Let’s act with urgency and deliver on the promise of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s example. Together, we can build a more united America by doing good. Find volunteer opportunities, project planning tools and more via @AmeriCorps: […]
XQ:Rethink Together Blog: Shared from After President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, freeing enslaved people in the Confederacy, the news didn’t reach parts of the American South until after the Civil War ended (April 9, 1865). In fact, more than 250,000 enslaved people in Texas didn’t receive the news until June 19, […]
Dr. Martin Luther King was welcomed to Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, New Hampshire on May 23, 1963, to talk about the state of the American civil rights movement. His talk included the notion that “maladjustment” is a sane response to injustice. On this 2021 MLK Day its still relevant and worth visiting his speech (listen […]
Celebrate “Indigenous Peoples Day” (alternative to Columbus Day) by becoming curious about the story of America from the view of the people who were already here in the “discovered” land called “America”. Rethinking Columbus
“Freedom is best understood less then as a one great leap towards liberty but as an ongoing process of development”. On this MLK day we have the opportunity to listen stories of past civil rights struggles and the characters of history who played roles in fighting for the “prize” of liberty and justice for all […]
During this MLK Holiday weekend, let’s learn more about Dr. King’s commitment to non-violence.
Ten years before the Civil War, the city of Rochester, NY asked Frederick Douglass to speak for its July 4, 1852 celebration. Douglass accepted, but rather than join in the ‘celebration,’ Douglass took it in an unexpected direction. In this clip, Danny Glover performs part of that speech (hat tip to the Zinn Education Project […]
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