It is heartbreaking to me that since the inception of America, this country has been reaching and climbing to attain the goal of “Justice for All.” Today, young men are being killed and treated as worthless members of American society. It so happens that these young men are African-American. When the founding fathers drafted the… Read More
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Harriet Tubman Was Born in Slavery, But Destined to Set Us Free
It was the dead of night and Harriet Tubman was on the move. Liberating slaves from captivity was her mission, but she first had to set their minds free. Born to enslaved parents in Maryland during the 1820’s , Araminta ‘Harriet’ Ross would become a game-changing force in the abolitionist movement. Her childhood was far from… Read More
How One Book Changed a Nation: The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe
“I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe It is rare that a book can ruffle the feathers of an entire nation, but author and campaigner for justice, Harriet Beecher Stowe, achieved just that. Her famous novel, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, which showed the evils of slavery… Read More
Why Be A Slave When You’ve Been Set Free?
As I watched the inauguration celebration earlier this week, I was again struck by how far we’ve come and how much still looms before us. Perhaps even more so this year as 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s March on Washington and the 150th anniversary of the signing of the… Read More