Showing posts with label Abolish Slavery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abolish Slavery. Show all posts

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Slavery: If It Happened To One, It Happened To All…Lupita Nyong'O

“Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. The shame doesn't even belong to us, but we still experience it because we're a part of the African race. If it happened to one, it happened to all. We carry that burden.”

--Lupita Nyong'O, Oscar Winning Actress





Wednesday, December 9, 2015

The Equality Of All: Where Do You Stand?

"From ordinary women stepping into an extraordinary role, bravely fighting for their right to participate in our democracy, to a coalition of conscience that marched on our Nation's Capital and protested for equality, the last century and a half has been defined by those who stood resolute in keeping lit the flame that burned in the hearts of all those determined to secure what they knew to be their God-given rights."*

 --President Barack H. Obama, 44th President of the United States






*https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/12/05/presidential-proclamation-150th-anniversary-13th-amendment