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EDITORIAL STAFF Publisher & Editor Jonathan Gramling Staff Reporter Hedi Rudd Contributing Writers Sujhey Beisser, Fabu, Nichelle Nichols, John Y. Odom, Donna Parker, Heidi Pascual, Angela Puerta, Jamala Rogers, Kwame Salter, Angelica Euseary, Wayne Strong, Kipp Thomas, and Nia Trammell Webmaster Heidi M. Pascual |
| Vol. 15 No. 13 JUNE 29, 2020 |
| Freedom and Juneteenth Day |
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| 246,867 |
Freedom is a never-ending pursuit on God’s green acre. It is hardly
something static or a status that is achieved for all time. I forget
how many times the Israelites were enslaved by one foe or another
in the Old Testament.
And of course, there are conditions of neo-slavery where the
systems are put in place that achieve the same result as actual
slavery, but the mechanism for making that so is almost invisible.
For instance, after the African nations achieved their independence
starting in the 1950s, policies and procedures were put into place
including trading agreements and mutual-protection pacts. Did you
ever wonder why France would send its troops into Francophone
countries when there was unrest and threats to overthrow the
government in African nations?
The effect of this neo-colonial relationship between Europe and
Africa was the continued shipment of cheap raw materials from
Africa to feed manufacturing in Europe. And they could do it without
the expense and trouble of actually occupying Africa.
The same is true in the United States. I wrote the following in
observation of Juneteenth Day back in 2012:
“Juneteenth Day is still an important milestone in our nation’s
history that should be used to reflect on the price that many have
paid for individual freedom in this country. Up to that point in 1865,
many Africans who were slaves gave their lives in many different
ways in their quest for freedom, whether it was through joining the
Continental Army under George Washington to fight in the
Revolutionary War to being put to death for trying to escape to
fighting on the side of the Union during the Civil War.
For those who came of age or were adults in the 1950s, it was the
Civil Rights Movement that was fought for the liberty of African
Americans, resulting in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
These laws won more freedom for African Americans and other
people of color. -- READ MORE
something static or a status that is achieved for all time. I forget
how many times the Israelites were enslaved by one foe or another
in the Old Testament.
And of course, there are conditions of neo-slavery where the
systems are put in place that achieve the same result as actual
slavery, but the mechanism for making that so is almost invisible.
For instance, after the African nations achieved their independence
starting in the 1950s, policies and procedures were put into place
including trading agreements and mutual-protection pacts. Did you
ever wonder why France would send its troops into Francophone
countries when there was unrest and threats to overthrow the
government in African nations?
The effect of this neo-colonial relationship between Europe and
Africa was the continued shipment of cheap raw materials from
Africa to feed manufacturing in Europe. And they could do it without
the expense and trouble of actually occupying Africa.
The same is true in the United States. I wrote the following in
observation of Juneteenth Day back in 2012:
“Juneteenth Day is still an important milestone in our nation’s
history that should be used to reflect on the price that many have
paid for individual freedom in this country. Up to that point in 1865,
many Africans who were slaves gave their lives in many different
ways in their quest for freedom, whether it was through joining the
Continental Army under George Washington to fight in the
Revolutionary War to being put to death for trying to escape to
fighting on the side of the Union during the Civil War.
For those who came of age or were adults in the 1950s, it was the
Civil Rights Movement that was fought for the liberty of African
Americans, resulting in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
These laws won more freedom for African Americans and other
people of color. -- READ MORE
Columns & Features
Editor's Corner
Reflections
by Jonathan Gramling
Reflections
by Jonathan Gramling
| CENTERSPREAD |
| BACKPAGE |
| ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP IN THE 'BURBS |
| Tyrone Cratic Williams Is Running for the 76th Assembly District Home Grown Leadership (Part 1 of 2) By Jonathan Gramling |
| Omega School in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic Maintaining Good Old Fashioned Tough Love (Part 1 of 2) By Jonathan Gramling |
| The Aftermath of the Supreme Court’s DACA Decision By Salvador Carranza from information provided by the Association of Landmark Universities |
| The Rainbow Project and COVID-19 Healing during a Pandemic By Jonathan Gramling |
Asian
Wisconzine
by Heidi M. Pascual
Wisconzine
by Heidi M. Pascual
| The Naked Truth by Jamala Rogers |
| The Naked Truth by Jamala Rogers |
| We Are Responsible for Creating the Change We Need A guest editorial by State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor |
| Juneteenth Day Flag Raising at the City-County Building Letting the Flag Fly Proud Photos by Amadou Kromah |
