Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
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
Gustavo F. | Jamaica, NY
Robin Wildman | South Kingstown, RI
In order to create a more just society we need to teach the truth about the history of America. Students and educators need to know how Reconstruction shaped the country we live in today.
Victor Ochoa | Oakland, CA
Joan Gussow | Piermont, NY
We desperately need to teach our future voters the reality of our history, including the history of the era following the civil war. ignorance is tearing us apart.
Mary Dakin | Lake Oswego, OR
Barry Witten | Macomb, IL
Althea Washihngton | Milwaukee, WI
In this pivotal moment for the United States, we the undersigned call on education leaders to ensure students have the knowledge to be active participants in a multiracial democracy. To honor our history and the urgency of the present moment, we urge you to adopt resolutions committing to teaching the grassroots history of Reconstruction.It has never been more important for adults and students alike to participate in learning the lessons of the Reconstruction era so that we can apply them to the challenges we face today.Accordingly, we urge you to examine how much time is currently dedicated to teaching the Reconstruction Era in kindergarten through 12th grade, make a plan to increase it, and ensure that teaching materials and curricula in schools reflect the everyday people who powered these movements.
Ellen Bigler | Providence, RI
It was a time of promise that was brought to an end before those promises could be secured permanently.
Sabrina Harper | Hayward, CA
Teaching the history of Reconstruction is crucial if we are going to be able to make progress towards dismantling our systemic racism in our institutions.
Todd Gold | Shreveport, LA
So future generations won’t be ignorant of the Reconstruction Era!
Cassady Cooper | New Orleans, LA
To quite the historian Eric Foner, “More than most historical subjects, how we teach this era truly matters, for it forces us to think about what kind of society we wish America to be.”
Monica Ketchum | Yuma, AZ
Alexander Doan | Yonkers, NY
Students, like all of us, need to understand our country's history to understand where we are today. Reconstruction is particularly important to that understanding.
David Golden | Chicago, IL
Anna Park | Chicago, IL
Billy Rutherford | Pittsburgh, PA
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