“Give Light And People Will Find The Way”
Photos: YouTube Earlier this year, members of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® team and other colleagues had opportunity…
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Honoring Legendary Author Alex Haley And Our African Roots
Photos: YouTube\Facebook “I feel that [my ancestors] do watch and guide, and I also feel that they join me in…
COVID-19 AND CHILDREN: “IS THIS EVER GOING TO END?”
[COVID-19\Children] 16-year-old Jaelynn asked a question many of us have: “Is this ever going to end, or is this something…
Freedom Schools Program and the Struggle to Provide Effective Education to marginalized Communities
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo: YouTube Close your eyes and think about the words summer school. What comes to mind? …
Tribute to Lucy Durr Hackney: Fighter for Justice and Civil Rights
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo: YouTube [Commentary] When Lucy Durr married Sheldon Hackney in 1957, the custom alterations…
Commentary: This Tuesday, Vote For The Future of America’s Children
Marian Wright Edelman “That candidates were answering to us was really powerful. I was really glad I…
Hate That Hate Creates: We Must Stop Destroying our Children
Marian Wright Edelman. Photo-Flickr. [Commentary] Joseph Miles is 51 years old, but says he spends a lot of time today…
Over 3,400 Children -and teens- Killed By Guns Each Year: Where Is Leadership President Trump?
Gunman Nicolas Cruz. NBC news screenshot Violence against children. For many people the words alone are unthinkable—the absolute worst of…
No Texas, Black Folk Didn’t Come On The Mayflower — Plymouth Rock Landed On Them
Page from Texas Text book Theodore Roosevelt once said: “The more you know about the past, the better prepared you…
NAACP To Honor Julian Bond And Legacy Tonight
The late Julian Bond The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the National Board of Directors…