Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
John Witeck | Honolulu, HI
It provides us with the background as to how deeply racism was rooted and how certain odious and false perceptions were promoted even to this day. It was also a time of great but missed opportunities to have brought about a whole different direction in the history of the U.S. The politics of how Reconstruction was sabotages and brought to an end are also revealing about the problems with the American electoral system and the corruption of its politics.
Kelsia King | Antioch, TN
Students need to be aware of the real history of our country in order to prevent the same occurrences in the future and to understand what is happening now.
Teresa8 Wilson | Mountlake Terrace, WA
Erin Ressler | Seattle, WA
Cara Monaco | Buffalo, NY
Michiko Kurata | Weston, MA
Cheryl Menke | Annapolis, MD
Megan Lewandowski | Saint Paul, MN
Rico Gutstein | Chicago, IL
Reconstruction is Black history, is US history. It would be a travesty to leave out a powerful example of a Black-led attempt to build radical democracy in the US.
Donna Gitter | New York, NY
So that Americans will understand that gains made by African-Americans have continually been met with unlawful measures.
Alan Carter | Provo, UT
Alexandra Frank | Baltimore, MD
Jon Bachman | Fredericksburg, VA
Though the seeds of equity and true freedom in all it's varied components were not as fruitful as hoped. Those seeds have taken a long time in growing. But growing they are doing. The era of Reconstruction has historical relevance today since many of the factors that hindered full freedoms have deep tap roots.We need to dig deep enough to understand the critical factor they will play as America enters another phase of awakening.
Roberta Bull | Medford, OR
Students today deserve the full story of racism in this country, right up until the present.
Anonymous | Richmond, CA
Bobby Dalton Roy | Sacramento, CA
Stephanie Feuer-Beck | Roslindale, MA
Susan Zyphur | La Mesa, CA
I didn't learn about slavery, aside from that it happened, and I definitely didn't learn about Reconstruction or Jim Crowe. This is what contributed to my white supremacy and confusion about the complaints of BIPOCs - I was taught that racism was solved through an American history curriculum that didn't teach me about American history. Our society and our economy can no longer support racist history curriculum.
Maria DeFelice | Framingham, MA
The upsurge in white supremacy and the continuing attacks on people of color show the necessity of teaching this important era in U.S. history.
Sarah Moore | Austin, TX
Reconstruction is a pivotal and essential part of American history!
WILLIAM CONNERS | Philadelphia, PA
Reconstruction represents that moment of hope when the agency of Black Americans, combined with the support of some white Americans, forced open a window of justice and equality until white supremacists slammed it shut.
Alicia Jones | Lewes, DE
Iworked with the committee on HR198 in Delaware to add Black history to the statewide curriculum.
Kimberly Duncan | Silver Creek, GA
Please allow for curriculum that allows indigenous children to be taught their history by their leaders and elders/teachers leading the community and have a voice to what their children learn.
Linda Smart | Eugene, OR
As we look at our country today, there are so many issues that we can look back to Reconstruction as the roots of the issues facing us. Our prison system, unequal access to housing and education, voting rights and many more. If we fail to look back at our history, it is difficult to understand how we are where we are with those critical issues. We have constructed the systems that we are having to live with presently. The White supremacy and oppression of people of color were all rooted in out past and without that understanding, it is difficult to move forward with meaningful change.
Melinda Lawson | Delmar, NY
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