June 19, 2013

Celebrating Juneteenth 2013


We've freed our bodies, now it's time to free our minds. 

'"We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind."
 ~Marcus Garvey.

Juneteenth Facts

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The Coalition for the Exoneration of Marcus Garvey is petitioning Senator Bill Nelson, Representative Frederica Wilson, and the Congress of the United States of America for the exoneration of Marcus Garvey:

http://www.causes.com/actions/1722148-urge-congress-to-exonerate-civil-rights-leader-marcus-garvey 

We are also petitioning President Barack Obama to exonerate Marcus Garvey:

http://signon.org/sign/exonerate-marcus-garvey?source=c.url&r_by=4631897

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2 comments:

Andrew Blackman said...

Nice post to mark Juneteenth, Geoffrey. Thanks for letting us know about the petition - I just signed it.

Geoffrey Philp said...

Give thanks, Andrew. One Heart.