57 Years After Brown:

THE EDUCATION GAP REMAINS!

It's Way Past
Time For CHANGE!!! 

  Young people were a major force in the Human Rights movement.

photograph copyright © 1964 - 2011 by Stan Daniels,
Editor, Urban Cartographer Online 

CIVIL RIGHTS COALITION
GATHERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
FOR 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF BROWN V. B.O.E.

  

At the National Action Network Annual Conference , the Reverend Al Sharpton and New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, co-founders of the Education Equality Project (EEP), facilitated a coalition of civil rights leaders, education activists, community leaders, students, and parents that gathered at the White House Ellipse in Washington DC on May 16, 2009 to observe the 55th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.

EEP used the occasion to issue a call to action to end the racial and ethnic inequality in our nation's public schools.

Fifty-five years after the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education struck down the framework for racially segregated public schools, our nation's public education system continues to deny African American, Latino, and Native American students good teachers and schools.

This creates an achievement gap that makes education equality the civil rights issue of our time.

More information is available from the
Rev Al
National Action Network.

  

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Please Read
A Message of Support!

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ANOTHER "WAKE-UP CALL"!!

WHO is responsible for the Education Gap?

Teachers?    Administrators?    Parents?    Students?    Politicians?    Voters?    You?   Me?   



HOW ABOUT:

"ALL of the above?!?

  

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Article 26. - Universal Declaration of Human Rights

(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.

(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.

(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

  

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REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO YOUNG PEOPLE
Arlington, Virginia
September 8, 2009

 

MOST
of our young people are

WAITING to EXCEL !

  

Young people are still a major force in the Human Rights movement. 

Urban Cartographer Online photograph
copyright © 2007 - 2011 by Stan Daniels

(Just in case
you don't already know:)

Our young people are
neither "n's," "b's," nor "h's"
--- they are our future
and the vast majority of them
are not doing the "perp-walk"!

Read more about the Time
When Young People Made a Difference For the Better!

 

 

 

 

Education Reform Tour

Reverend Sharpton's Position Statement

&

10 Tips for Parents
to Help Your Child Achieve in School

&

10 Tips for Students to Achieve in School

 

 

 

 

 

Well Worth Watching!

The Principal Story

Principals make a difference in struggling public schools.
Watch until December 14, 2009 on PBS.
Check your local station for listings.

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Also Well Worth Watching!

About Our Children

Watch segments of MSNBC's telecast “About Our Children,” featuring Bill Cosby and moderated by Independent Women's Forum president and MSNBC political analyst Michelle Bernard.

Panelists include Ben Jealous, President of the NAACP, Terrie Williams, author of “Black Pain” and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
The program aired Sunday, September 20th, 2009.

 

 

 

 

Nationwide Education Reform Tour
Began in Philadelphia
September 29, 2009
More Information Here.

 

 

 

 

THE EDUCATION TOUR
SOME PRESS COVERAGE

National Action Network

&

theGrio.com

&

The Wall Street Journal

&

Philadelphia Inquirer

&

Philadelphia Daily News

 

 

 

 

 

 

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a talk show for women.

Sister Circle is a place of support, information and encouragement.

We talk about issues we face today and our hopes for tomorrow.

We look at everything through the light of God's love.

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"Some Thoughts to Think Upon"

Copyright © 2007 - 2011 by Stan Daniels,
Editor,
Urban Cartographer Online 

(Please read 1 John 4:18 -21,
2 Timothy 1:7
and James 1:16 -27)

Civility, hospitality and respect for human life (and even for the lives of the God's creatures in nature) were once major hallmarks of the Black community.

Generosity and a voracious appetite for education were trademark characteristics that then could be as closely associated with most Black people as the "golden arches" now are with McDonald's restaurants.

Empowered by the spirituality and vision of people of faith, the movement for Human Rights that sprung from the African American community has spread around the globe.

Walls of madness, greed and bigotry that divide members of the human family from other children of God are being torn down.

The impact has spread from Birmingham and Montgomery to Bloemfontein and Johannesburg, Berlin, Moscow and Beijing.

In the tradition of the ancestors, strong values and decency have been clearly articulated by the modern Human Rights movement.

An outstanding example is the message proclaimed by Dr Martin Luther King, Jr at the first mass meeting (5 December 1955) during the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous
than sincere ignorance
and conscientious stupidity."
- Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(in 1963.)


"If you call your brother a n - - - - - ,
that's how you're going to treat him"
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
Read More Here

 

 

 

 

 

FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!



Democracy is HARD Work!

 

The way to safeguard our Human and Civil Rights and Liberties
is to fulfill our Responsibilities as Citizens.

Perhaps Michael Jackson said it best after all:

Start with
“The Man [or Woman] in the Mirror!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Listen to

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“Heal This Land I Call Home”

 

 

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America's
TAHRIR
Challenge & Opportunity!

 

What Is iCivics?

 

iCivics (formerly Our Courts) is a web-based education project designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active participants in our democracy.

iCivics is the vision of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not getting the information and tools they need for civic participation, and that civics teachers need better materials and support.

Please Read More at:
http://www.icivics.org/



Welcome Teachers

Check out all our teacher content, arranged by curriculum units.

Please Read More at:
http://www.icivics.org/teachers

 

 

 

A MESSAGE OF SUPPORT

 

Dear Justice O'Connor:

Thank you for your urgently needed educational work encouraging responsible citizenship.

Recently I heard your enlightening presentation on Bloomberg radio in New York City.

After visiting your informative Web site, we have added links to it from some of the education and community service pages on our site.

We shall do our best to share the helpful information with as many people as possible and are very grateful for the efforts of you and your colleagues.

Sincerely,

Stan Daniels,
Editor,
Urban Cartographer Online

7/7/2011

 

 

 

 

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"Some lessons from the Past:"
Hypocrisy, Greed &
Education!

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"Some MORE Thoughts
to Think Upon"

More on the subject:

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"What About Us
If We Miss That Bus?"
Read This Reprint Now!
(Originally published in 1967)

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"Who Cares
About the Kids?"
Read This Reprint Now!
(Originally published in 1967)

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"(Johnny Can't Read,
& Sam Can't Count)
ARE YOU SATISFIED?"
Read This Reprint Now!
(Originally published in 1967)

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"While Night Sticks Pounded Heads . . .
WHERE WERE THE PARENTS?"
Read This Reprint Now!
(Originally published in 1967)

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May 17, 2011
7th Anniversary
of the
"Ghettoesburg Address"

To Bill Cosby:
Doc,
did YOU say
"Oops!" . . . ?

Read the transcript
for yourself!

Hear an excerpt of the famous
Bill Cosby speech.

Note:
Also Please Read the
Survey Results

 

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Facilitating Education:

More Useful Resources
on this site!

 

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"REFLECTIONS from an earlier time
ECHOES for today!"

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"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous
than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

- Dr Martin Luther King, Jr (1963)

 

 

"Education is our passport to the future,
for tomorrow belongs to the people
who prepare for it today."

- Malcolm X

 

 

"He who passively accepts evil
is as much involved in it
as he who helps perpetrate it." 

- Martin Luther King Jr.

 

 

"Liberate the minds of men and ultimately
you will liberate the bodies of men."

- Marcus Garvey 

 

 

"Our destiny will not be written for us but by us!"

- Barack Obama

 

 

 

SOME WORDS FROM THE WISE

 

"I demand the same of all privileged Americans, black or white. Most have manifested little or no interest in the well-being of their fellows. All too often they are indifferent, insensitive, and uncaring."

"In particular, black professionals . . . could do much to rescue young African Americans from the brink of dismal failure if only they would be willing to take the time."

"The test of an advanced society is not in how many millionaires it can produce, but in how many law-abiding, hardworking, highly respected, and self-respecting loyal citizens it can produce."

(From pages 381 and 382 of the first edition of
Mirror to America
Mirror to America.)

 

 

 

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Remember
to
VOTE!

&
hold them
ALL
accountable!

YOUR FUTURE
depends on it!

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If you truly want
CHANGE

Please read
II Chronicles 7:14
to learn
where it really starts.

 

 

 

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