by corneliuscorps | Jul 11, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
This month is the 60th anniversary of one of the most famous and important civil rights legistlation in our nation’s history. On July 2, 1964 the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law by President Johnson. It prohibited racial discrimination in a variety...
by corneliuscorps | Jul 4, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
Our best known and celebrated national holiday is The Fourth of July. On this date each summer, we commemorate the commitment and courage of those who issued The Declaration of Independence in 1776. In declaring independence from Great Britain and the establishment of...
by corneliuscorps | Jun 27, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
Last week our nation observed Juneteenth. It became our most recent national holiday in 2021. By now most people know the basic story behind the holiday. On June 19th, 1865 enslaved people in Texas finally received word that the Civil War was over and they were free....
by adrienne | Jun 19, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
This week our nation observed Juneteenth!! It was June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, and just two months after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered, with the Union Army winning the war, Major General Gordon...
by corneliuscorps | Jun 13, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
June is a very significant month in the history of African Americans’ long struggle for freedom. On June 12, 1963, Civil Rights movement leader Medgar Evers was assassinated at the age of 37. Evers was shot in the back, mortally wounded as he walked to his home...
by James Melson | Jun 6, 2024 | 2024, Weekly Reflection
Traditionally June is known as a month for weddings. Yet for much of our nation’s history, this was not an option for all people who wanted to get married including interracial and same sex couples. Yet June is also the month when two Supreme Court decisions...
