Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Katrina Kaplan | Brooklyn, NY
Anonymous | New Orleans, LA
Rachel Reinhard | Berkeley , CA
Students need to learn about the moment that offered the most promise for a multi-racial democracy, and the state-sanctioned violence that led to a demise. Now more than ever, the past can help us understand the present and prepare for a more just future.
Martha B. Colburn | Rochester, NY
Liliana Casarrubias | Rialto, CA
To ensure that students understanding the true story of how this country recovered from the Civil War which will give them a clear picture of the white supremacist movements that still exist today.
Teresa Danieley | St Louis, MO
It is crucial to teach about Reconstruction because we are still living with the impact of its abrupt end by white supremacists.
Matt Mair Lowery | Portland, OR
Wendy Walter, Ph.D. | Bloomington, IN
Leah DiVincenzo | Los Angeles, CA
Erik Anderson | Reseda, CA
Terry Hampton | Placerville, CA
History is important; every part of history, the good, the bad, the ugly. Just as important is teaching the successes that people have had throughout history so that there is hope in the future.
Lauren Bondy | Northbrook, IL
Lisa Keipert | Wilmette, IL
For one, it's long overdue to teach the TRUTH.
Cathlyn Hill | Westford, MA
Damien Johnson | Cleveland, OH
Thank you for doing this. An understanding of the past is critical to reshape the future.
Mark Mendoza | Cincinnati, OH
Eric Bowman | Peterborough Town of, NH
B Ervin | seattle, WA
My own learning about Reconstruction transformed my ability to understand the present moment as the continuation of a series of patters. It felt so hopeful to know that there was a time in US history when African Americans had real, meaningful, political power. And exciting to learn about what they did with that political power -- fund schools, jobs, and safer communities -- things that we still very much need today. It also deepened my understanding of, and rage about, the era of Jim Crow that followed. I believe all students deserve access to these understandings. I believe, too, that they will be more invested in continuing to fight for a just, democratic, country for themselves and future generations, if they get it.
Rob Tucker | Brier, WA
Paul Clark | Inglewood, CA
The events of this time period directly after the civil war and emancipation of the enslaved Black Americans had major impacts that have permeated throughout the history of this country and continue to be felt today. This time period in which different forms of "Reconstruction" took place, greatly illustrate one of the most pivotal, definitive moments in this country's history and ignorance of it by the general American public and the world at large, continues to play into the deep-seated dysfunction that this country continues to suffer from.
Lydia Rose | Chattanooga, TN
Marvin Wingfield | Lynchburg, VA
Leah Thalia | Parsippany, NJ
Susan Etscovitz | Brookline, MA
Mueze Bawany | Chicago, IL
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