2014
MISSISSIPPI
FREEDOM SUMMER
50th ANNIVERSARY YEAR
Medgar Evers gave his life in the struggle for Human Rights.
He was shot in the back
on June 12, 1963
by a racist murderer
while working to register African-Americans to vote.
That atrocity did much to motivate the kind of
“Communication, Cooperation and Collaboration”
by several organizations that the following year (1964) resulted in
“MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM SUMMER”
Many Are Keeping His Legacy Alive
Through Education
which emphasizes the principles of
Vision, Service, Remembrance, Faith, Change and Sacrifice.
The widow of slain civil rights activist Medgar Evers has been asked to give the invocation at President Obama's second inauguration on Jan. 21, 2013.
This makes Myrlie Evers-Williams the first woman and first layperson to give the invocation and enhances the historic significance of the event.
Please read more
here in this news item
and
Please read more about Mrs. Myrlie Evers-Williams
in Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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“SELMA to MONTGOMERY 2012”
Spotlights Unfinished Business
For latest updates
Please visit the Web site of the
National Action Network
Editor's Note:
"As events unfold before your very eyes,
the following information
becomes more relevant than ever!"
When people don't vote,
too many "turkeys" can play "chicken" with other people's lives.
Don't let them scramble your eggs!
PLEASE DON'T
VOTE
WITH YOUR
BEHIND!
People around the world have risked their lives in struggles for Human Rights, social justice, peace and respect.
Many of them have studied and followed examples from the Human Rights and peace movements in the United States during the fifties, sixties and seventies, as well as the work of such internationally renowned luminaries as Mohandas Ghandi, Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
Meanwhile “back in the States,” far too many people in the United States have “voted with their behinds” by staying home or wherever the force of gravity deposited them on Election Day and NOT voting.
Contrast that with the massive (more than 90%) eligible voter turnouts for the first free elections in such nations as South Africa and Cambodia and you may begin to understand some of this writer's sentiments.
A look at the state of affairs throughout the nation and world should give an intelligent observer a good idea of the consequences of such failure to fulfill the responsibilities of intelligent citizenship in a democracy.
Don't Be Bamboozled !
You stay home
You don't vote
And let them hijack the country.
After that snatching a few airplanes
And making you unemployed and homeless is no big deal.
As they take the country "back"
Don't worry about having to go again to the back of the bus.
The way things are going there won't even be a bus!
In half a century we have gone from a "War on Poverty"
to a war on the poor.
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If you think your VOTE doesn't count -
If you don't vote YOU won't count!
Elected and other public officials work for YOU - the public.
It's up to you to hold them accountable
and to hire and fire them as appropriate.
If you do not vote
expect nothing but grief.
Don't complain
when you get it!
- The Manhattan Tan-Hat-Man
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Editor's Note:
On 2 October 2013 the following
communication was sent to the Congressional Representative and both
United States Senators of the Editor's residence.
Additional copies were sent to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and the White House.
Hopefully this information shall prove
helpful in securing our Human and Civil Rights and social justice.
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END THE FOLLY
Greetings:
While the most vulnerable people suffer
the most, the eyes of the world are on the United States.
It's way past time to end the
destructive childish folly.
The insanity of bigotry again exposes
America's Birth Defect!
Please see:
http://www.eightcitiesmap.com/douglass_july4.htm#birth
and as Spike Lee might say it - "Do
the Right Thing"!
Respectfully yours,
Stan Daniels,
Editor,
Urban Cartographer Online
10/2/2013
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"Don't wait for 'Superman' -
The Answer is in YOUR hands!"
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After more than 40 years . . .
isn't it about time to
come out of the wilderness?
(And off of the plantation.)
It's been a long time coming . . .
"Our destiny will not be written for us but by us!"
- Barack Obama
(Yes, we have those
complete transcripts too!)
1/3/2008 (Iowa)
1/20/2008 (Altlanta,GA)
1/26/2008 (South Carolina)
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Those people who do not vote (and hold the elected officials
accountable), unless it is for reasons of religious
conscientious
convictions, are in our opinion very foolish.
Maybe they should try not eating, not drinking and not breathing and
see
how much good that does them.
In this 48th anniversary year of "Mississippi Freedom
Summer" it is
very tragic to see how soon and how much some people forget.
No wonder Bill Cosby is so concerned and angry - (We have a
transcript of his original speech at the Brown - Topeka anniversary).
We share most of his sentiments.
TIME . . .
TO EMBRACE
OUR GREATNESS
“It is in your Hands.”
“It's in our hands.”
“I will not miss my opportunity to be who God shaped me to be.
This has to be the moment and the time that we begin to embrace our greatness.”
-- Rev. Michael A. Walrond Jr., Senior Pastor,
First Corinthian Baptist Church
New York, NY
at
National Action Network
House of Justice
December 17, 2011
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If you think you are too small to make a difference,
you haven't spent a night with a mosquito.
-- African Proverb
"WHAT'S IN YOUR HAND"
"What's in Your hand?
Just let God use you, that's all.
. . .
One with God, always a majority!"
-- Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
Watch on YouTube
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For Information
Please Contact
www.naacp.org
Please borrow, buy or rent the following movies:
"Ghosts of Mississippi",
"Murder in Mississippi","The Vernon Johns
Story","The Long Walk
Home", "At the River I
Stand", "Malcolm X: Make It Plain" and "Get On the Bus."
View them all before Election Day.
Then let your conscience be your guide!
Register and Vote!
Much unfinished business remains.
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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A Guide to Effective Citizenship Through AmeriCorps
http://www.crf-usa.org/civic-engagement/civic-engagement-curriculum.html
Civic Engagement Training & Technical Assistance Curriculum
A Guide to Effective Citizenship Through AmeriCorps was developed under a cooperative agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and meets their recommendation that programs incorporate citizenship training into their member development plans.
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Take an active interest in your own future.
For more information, please click below.
Register and
Vote!
Mississippi Freedom Summer
"Don't come to Mississippi this summer to save the Mississippi
Negro,"
SNCC organizer Bob Moses instructed the volunteers who attended the Summer Project's training sessions in
June 1964.
"Only come if you understand, really understand, that his freedom and yours are one."
Read more
about
Mississippi Freedom Summer
Be sure to read the Testimony of
Fannie Lou Hamer
Before the Credentials Committee,
1964 Democratic National Convention,
Atlantic City, NJ
Fannie Lou Hamer Testimony
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SOME MISSING KEYS
TO VOTER EMPOWERMENT
In the 1960's, long before the Internet, cell phones and the widespread
availability of fax machines, an amazing educational transformation took place in the United States.
The "Freedom Schools" empowered many people to open doors
previously closed solidly in their faces.
In the years since, there has often been much emphasis on voter
registration without accompanying voter education in many localities. The results have often been less than
satisfactory.
If we review the lessons of the "Freedom Schools" we can apply
the relevant elements to our 21st Century circumstances. We certainly have many more technological tools and resources
available today.
(Are there any "rappers" listening?)
You may learn more at the "Freedom School Curriculum
Website."
"Freedom School Curriculum"
In the summer of 1964, over forty "Freedom Schools" opened in
Mississippi.
These schools were part of Freedom Summer, a project of the Southern Civil Rights Movement, with the goal to
empower African Americans in Mississippi to become active citizens and agents of social change.
The curriculum of the summer "Freedom Schools" was a series of
documents that, taken together, offer the best example of a progressive, experiential curriculum that emphasized
student-centered teaching and learning-by-doing.
We believe this curriculum is of value to anyone interested in alternative
education, especially in the context of small school and summer school programs with a focus on citizenship education and
social activism. This website offers teachers and students, as well as scholars and interested citizens, a chance to peruse
and use any of the original documents created for the "Freedom Schools."
You may learn more at the "Freedom School Curriculum
Website."
"Freedom School Curriculum"
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photograph copyright © 1964
by Stan Daniels,
Editor, Urban Cartographer
Online
It WORKS in New York City!
Why not try it where YOU live?
Related Information of Interest
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE!
Democracy is HARD Work!
From a previous President:
Relevant Remarks
(at the request of the Senate)
during a time of national crisis
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