THE THIRD RECONSTRUCTION ERA
Many of us have been thrilled by the video of 106-year-old mentor and school volunteer Mrs. Virginia McLaurin visiting the White House during a Black History Month [...]
Read MoreTHE OTHER WASHINGTON
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is in the final stages of construction on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., [...]
Read MoreWINIFRED GREEN: AN UNSUNG WARRIOR FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Transforming movements towards social justice depend on the work of a core group of committed and persistent and not always frontline soldiers — women and [...]
Read MoreLEADING THE MARCH TOWARDS CRIMINAL JUSTICE
“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. My work with the poor and the incarcerated has persuaded me that the opposite [...]
Read MoreA SINGLE SPARK
"As we marched down the street, I felt inspired that our scholars pulled together with pride and courage fighting for what they know to be [...]
Read MoreGUNS LETHALIZE ANGER AND DESPAIR
“Every single year, more than 30,000 Americans have their lives cut short by guns—30,000. Suicides. Domestic violence. Gang shootouts. Accidents. Hundreds of thousands of Americans [...]
Read MoreWHITHER AMERICA
"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of [...]
Read MoreA CHRISTMAS PRAYER
This holy season as Christians honor and celebrate the birth of the world’s most famous poor baby born in a manger, I hope we all [...]
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WHY ARE CHILDREN LESS VALUABLE THAN GUNS IN AMERICA? IT’S TIME TO PROTECT CHILDREN
Three years after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut where a lone 20-year-old gunman wielding an assault weapon snuffed out 26 child [...]
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“PROGRESS FOR BABIES, TODDLERS, AND PRESCHOOLERS”
On December 10th President Obama hosted a White House Summit on Early Education, bringing together a broad coalition of philanthropic, business, education, child advocacy, and [...]
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