Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Jennifer Schroeder | Beaverton, OR
Our students must know ALL of our History, especially if that History continues to impact our lives TODAY.
Charlotte Adinolfi | Cheshire Town of, CT
Michael Yeong | Crockett, CA
Anonymous | Penfield, NY
Miriam Thompson | Chapel Hill, NC
We cannot understand the present door revision in the future without understanding our brutal past
KellyQuinn Sands | Euclid, OH
To help children understand the importance of these events in the context of our country's history.
Julie Devaud | Chicago, IL
It is critical that our students today understand history in all its richest and disturbing detail.
Paul Gruner | Lake Katrine, NY
Kimberly Hebert | New Orleans, LA
Keith Moody | Charles Town, WV
Michael Schutz | Rockaway, NJ
Christopher Scudder | Manchester Town of, VT
TIMOTHY HART | Katonah, NY
Jaclyn Siegel | Hicksville, NY
Brandon Riddle | Louisville, KY
It is imperative that students understand the Reconstruction Era if they are going to understand the inequalities that exist today. Not teaching this era thoroughly would encourage students to draw inaccurate conclusions about the nation's history and specifically black Americans as a group. It would also deprive students of the powerful knowledge of the agency demonstrated by black Americans during this period. Failing to teach Reconstruction in a meaningful way is failing to teach a complete and honest American history.
Mary Zamacona | Saint Paul, MN
Many of our racist systems were developed during and after this time period including public education.
Patrick Walsh | Portland, OR
We cannot address the challenges and opportunities of the present moment if we ignore the history of our second moment of great national failure to ensure racial justice.
Christina Connors | Cortlandt Manor, NY
PATRICIA DUNBAR | Glenn Dale, MD
Debra Amon | Trenton, NJ
schuyler deane | Washington, DC
Harold Holt | Pelican Rapids, MN
Jane Cowan | Brooklyn, NY
MARYKE ALBURG | Somerset, NJ
It is the precursor to Civil Rights Era and gives specific information about why the Civil Rights Legislation had to be fought for and passed. The Jim Crow laws that kept Black people’s from economic development, that others enjoy. It also explains how the nation remained divided on state’s rights issues. Very crucial eras like this cannot be simply swept under the rug.
Terrance Johnson | Brooklyn, NY
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