Day: June 18, 2021

Achieving Our Country: An Academy of Citizen Activism | A Keynote Conversation with Reginald Hudlin

Watch the Virtual Event – Achieving Our Country: A Keynote Conversation with Reggie Hudlin

This session features a keynote conversation with Reginald Hudlin, President of Hudlin Entertainment and Honorary Co-Chair of “Achieving Our Country.” Prof. Cornell William Brooks moderates the conversation. “Achieving Our Country: An Academy of Citizen Activism” is created for activists, advocates, academics, and artists who work at the grassroots level, to teach advocacy skills and create …

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The Juneteenth flag. The Juneteenth flag is red, white, and blue, echoing the colors of the American flag, to symbolize that all former slaves and their descendants became American citizens under the law. The white star on the flag represents Texas with the burst around it being the new freedom throughout the land over the horizon, hence the arch of red in the background..

Statement on the Observance of Juneteenth

On the 156th observance of Juneteenth, the community of the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice remembers the resilience of formerly enslaved Africans, the evils of slavery, and the concomitant anti-black violence that impacts Black people today. History reminds us that President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, effective January 1st, 1863. That proclamation …

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