Happy Juneteenth! June 19 is the anniversary of the day in 1865 that Union soldiers marched into Texas and made law the last 250,000 slaves’ emancipation, which is why Juneteenth is also known as “Black Independence Day” and “the Black 4th of July.” A great example of solidarity happened four years ago today. 58,000 union dockworkers shut down ALL west cost ports on Juneteenth in solidarity with George Floyd demonstrations.
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“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”The quote in this poster from Theodore Roosevelt is a good reminder in trying times. Use this poster to remind those who equate patriotism with unreasonable loyalty.
Bayard Rustin was an unsung hero of the Civil Rights Movement, and instrumental in organizing the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He also directed a mass boycott of segregated NYC schools in 1964.
The Kennedy administration threatened to isolate him for being gay. As a result, he was sometimes sidelined, but always brought back for his organizing abilities.
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