In 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the bill that had been passed by unanimous consent in the Senate and 415-14 in the House to establish Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19, as a federal holiday. Juneteenth marks the jubilant day in 1865 when many of the more than 250,000 people who were enslaved in Texas finally learned they were legally free. This … [Read more...] about Honoring Juneteenth
Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer’s convention
As our nation gears up for a political convention where a woman of color will make history, it’s another chance to look back at the convention that happened 60 years ago this week in Atlantic City, NJ, during the Civil Rights Movement’s landmark Freedom Summer. The extraordinary woman who made history then as the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party unsuccessfully sought to … [Read more...] about Fannie Lou Hamer’s convention
Women’s History Month (Week One)
The Counseling Corner By Rev. Judith T. Lester, B.Min. M.Th “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” - Fannie Lou Hamer In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women’s History Project, the U. S. Congress designated the month of March as “Women’s History Month.” This law requested the president to issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the United States to … [Read more...] about Women’s History Month (Week One)