Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Adriene Murphy | Morrisville, NC
Jessica Turnansky | Seattle, WA
Max Driggs EdD | Richmond, CA
Our calendar driven rush to the twentieth century obs us of this important insight into who we are.
Madeline Peters | Arvada, CO
Megan Rogge | Broomfield, CO
Bethany Thomas | Mccall, ID
Molly LeBlanc | Metairie, LA
Presenting a falsified version of history to make our past seem better does a disservice to students. We need to teach reality in order to move toward a better future.
Kelly Hoppe | Madison, WI
Charlene Davenport | Clinton, WA
Arie Goodman | Kent, OH
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
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