Signatures
This is the list of people who have signed the pledge or petition to date.
Vedia Barnett | White Plains, MD
A Rashidi | Smyrna, GA
Jane Regan | Bristol, VT
Truth.
Alexandra Cruz | Ocala, FL
Jon Knowles | New York, NY
Racism is a very important part of our history and should not be ignored.
Derek J | Savannah, GA
Because hiding history is nefarious
Shawn Leigh Alexander | Lawrence, KS
John Mize | Portageville, MO
Jeff Godowski | Ithaca, NY
Julia Nations | Cedar Park, TX
Maurice Shelton JP
We don’t know how exactly the American experiment has failed without exploring this period of time.
Janette Kirchner | East Petersburg, PA
Because and equitable and representative education is important. It's important to know how and why Reconstruction failed and that its failure led to things like Jim Crow laws.
Reina Robinson | Castro Valley, CA
Amy Hoke | West Chicago, IL
Margaret Alvarado | Tempe, AZ
Eric Forste | Minneapolis, MN
Many of the gains made then were reversed and lost. Too many young people don’t know we ever made those gains in the first place.
Pablo Willis | Bethesda, MD
Jill Boyd Myers | Pinehurst, NC
Anonymous | Latham, NY
Ben Rall | Spokane, WA
barbara rose | Watertown, MA
The large scale voting and political successes of Black Americans during Reconstruction and the political deal that ended it are an important part of American history. The Lost Cause mythology needs to be taught as well as it tried to rewrite history--and did so.
Angela Watson | Philadelphia, PA
Lisa Anderson | Astoria, NY
Wendy Shih | Portland, OR
Phyllis Snyder | West Palm Beach, FL
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