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Demonstrators have gathered in small Western towns and big coastal cities, bringing about swift local reforms across the country. We are double-dutch in summer. Twitter. We recognize that although graduation is in and of itself a huge achievement, it is in reality a culmination of many many accomplishments. Blackness is not.”, One of my colleagues at Rhodes College, the professor Charles McKinney, wrote recently to his black students: “We are not solely the history of fighting white folks.
His failure to lead during a time of national crisis fell short of American ideals. July 4th is supposed to be a celebration of American independence and, to a greater extent, America itself. Single. The medical clinic serves children ages 2 weeks to 18 years old; and counseling services for children 4 years old to 21 years old. John L. Thompson, the editor of the Iowa State Bystander, the state’s most prestigious black newspaper at the time, grappled with how to negotiate what he saw as a new era of American race relations. MU Health Care cardiothoracic surgeon Ashraf Abou el ela, MD, high-fives Richard Byrd during a checkup on Feb. 28, 2018. White supremacy still animates agents of state power. We are swagger in the midst of chaos. Early events venerated black Civil War veterans and were mainly held in private places that could be shielded from the white gaze. History will record the notorious June 1 clearing of Lafayette Square near the White House as the most egregious and anti-democratic example of such state aggression against demonstrators. Disease rampages through the country. Sixteen days into 2020, the U.S. Senate began its impeachment trial of Donald Trump, who is only the third president to face such a proceeding. Unfortunately, this pattern of thinking is what often perpetuates feeling of being 'less than' or 'unworthy'. Change has been so substantial that Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of “Between the World and Me,” remarked recently in an interview, “I can’t believe I’m gonna say this, but I see hope.
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On June 19 of that year, Major General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the war was over and the enslaved were now, finally, free. In 2002 I was at the University of Iowa conducting research on the history of Emancipation Day celebrations in the state. Colorado Newsline maintains editorial independence.
We are all human is worthy of that.
However, celebration isn't just hoopla and praise. Celebration can seem out of place when things are tumultuous. Email. Linkedin. This matters too.” Black Americans have always held both jubilation and sorrow in their hands: Demonstrators will chant “I can’t breathe” and in the same space break out into a collective electric slide. Screening everyone who enters our facilities. To get the full experience of this website,
Celebration can seem out of place when things are tumultuous. In Los Angeles, you can go on a four-mile walk to the Juneteenth monument at Ganesha Park. space break out into a collective electric slide. Follow Colorado Newsline on Facebook and Twitter.
How could they at once celebrate freedom and acknowledge that the residue of slavery continues to influence their lives? The president was warned about the gravity of the coronavirus threat as part of classified briefings in January, but even almost a month later his public position was that “it’s like a miracle, it will disappear,” which falsely suggested Americans had little to worry about when in fact leaders squandered precious time during which they could have properly defended constituents from the quiet wildfire of pandemic disease. A year worthy of celebration . Colorado lawmakers in a bipartisan and nationally-influential move responded to grassroots pressure by passing the Law Enforcement Integrity and Accountability Act, a sweeping measure that among other reforms ends qualified immunity for police officers who violate a person’s constitutional rights. It's not lifting one up to be better than the rest... it's simply love, respect and honor. Hear us seniors - YOU ARE WORTHY of celebration! What did Frederick Douglass think of the Fourth of July? We want to hear what you think about this article. The Americans who demonstrated, peacefully, day after day, until they achieved positive change should be celebrated this Fourth of July.
Instead, national leaders too often offered misinformation, crackpot remedies and outright lies.