The end of slavery stands as a victory for humanity and should be celebrated by one and all. The Confederacy? Not so much.
“Abolish slavery tomorrow, and not a sentence or syllable of the Constitution need be altered. It was purposely so framed as to give no claim, no sanction to the claim, of property in man. If in its origin slavery had any relation to the government, it was only as the scaffolding to the magnificent structure, to be removed as soon as the building was completed.” - Frederick Douglass
Happy Juneteenth, y’all. June 19 has long been recognized by African Americans as a day to celebrate the end of slavery. It was finally authorized as a federal holiday in 2021. But it’s only a temporary holiday in Alabama. Gov. Kay Ivey established it as a state holiday by proclamation in 2022. She should be commended. For it to become a permanent state holiday, Alabama lawmakers need to initiate and pass legislation.
I have a dream that one day in Alabama, MLK will no longer share a holiday with Robert E. Lee - al.com “It’s easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”“Without a struggle, there can be no progress.”“They who study mankind with a whip in their hands will always go wrong.”. He won the RFK Human Rights Award for Editorial Cartoons in 2020. In 2018, he was awarded the Rex Babin Memorial Award for local and state cartoons by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.
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