Articles to read on who has dropped and who is keeping DEI. From Time Magazine online These U.S. Companies Are Not Ditching DEI Amid Trump’s Crackdown “While companies like Google, Amazon, Meta, and some Wall Street banks have reversed course on DEI-related policies and pledges—many of which were made in the wake of the murder […]
The celebration of Kwanzaa is a weeklong holiday celebration of African American culture held annually from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast.
This is not a religious holiday but a cultural celebration based on African harvest festival traditions and is a way to celebrate African heritage and legacy, much like other cultural celebrations.
The secretary of the Navy announced Wednesday the full exoneration of African American sailors who were charged in 1944 with mutiny and refusing orders to return to work in dangerous conditions loading ammunition.
Article: The Radical Faith of Harriet Tubman By Casey Cep | June 24, 2024 Read an excerpt below and click here for the full article in the New Yorker. “ On the night of June 1, 1863, five months after the Emancipation Proclamation and a few weeks before the Battle of Gettysburg, Tubman accompanied Colonel […]
Throughout the 1800s, Black Americans used the July Fourth to argue for emancipation and full citizenship, making the case that Black citizens – free and enslaved – had as much right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as white people.
On May 1, 1865, thousands of newly freed Black people gathered in Charleston, S.C., for what may have been the nation’s first Memorial Day celebration.
