BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Demco Software//Event Management System//EN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED:20230428T171301Z DTSTAMP:20230428T171301Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T005635Z DESCRIPTION:This month marks a remembrance and celebration of\nJuneteenth: the commemoration of the announcing of the Emancipation\nProclamation in the state of Texas\, announcing that all enslaved African\nAmerican persons were freed. Join author Rann Miller as he explores the\nhistory of Black resistance with stories that explore the impetus behind\nJuneteenth\, as well as other events in our country’s history. All Ages. \;Copies of Rann Miller's book\, \;Resistance Stories from Black History for Kids\, \;will be available for purchase on site from Inkwood Books. \;Black resistance is the\nactive work to prevent or subvert ongoing oppression of Black people in a\nsystemically racist society governed by the tenets of white supremacy\, racial\ncapitalism\, and anti-Blackness. Black resistance is a tradition rooted in the\nintrinsic human right to determine one’s own destiny in the world. Peoples of\nAfrican descent have engaged in such resistance since the unlawful capture of\nAfrican people to be enslaved. Examples include individuals like Ona Judge who\nescaped from George Washington\, African peoples who formed their own\ncommunities after running away from their captors\, and the Africans of Haiti\nwho fought a war against the French to secure their freedom. Black resistance\ncontinues today through Black students protesting the banning of Black history\nbooks for fighting for Black history to be taught in their school. Whether\nduring enslavement or during the 21st century\, Black resistance is a\ntradition that links the past to the present in hopes for a brighter future.\nKnowledge of Black resistance is essential to understanding Black people played\na role in their own liberation\, in addition to properly framing the challenges\nof our society—historically—so that we can over come them. \;  \; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
This month marks a remembrance and celebration of\nJuneteenth: the commemoration of the announcing of the Emancipation\nProclamation in the state of Texas\, announcing that all enslaved African\nAmerican persons were freed. Join author Rann Miller as he explores the\nhistory of Black resistance with stories that explore the impetus behind\nJuneteenth\, as well as other events in our country’s history. All Ages. \;
Copies of Rann Miller's book\, \;Resistance Stories from Black History for Kids\, \;will be available for purchase on site from Inkwood Books. \;
Black resistance is the\nactive work to prevent or subvert ongoing oppression of Black people in a\nsystemically racist society governed by the tenets of white supremacy\, racial\ncapitalism\, and anti-Blackness. Black resistance is a tradition rooted in the\nintrinsic human right to determine one’s own destiny in the world. Peoples of\nAfrican descent have engaged in such resistance since the unlawful capture of\nAfrican people to be enslaved. Examples include individuals like Ona Judge who\nescaped from George Washington\, African peoples who formed their own\ncommunities after running away from their captors\, and the Africans of Haiti\nwho fought a war against the French to secure their freedom. Black resistance\ncontinues today through Black students protesting the banning of Black history\nbooks for fighting for Black history to be taught in their school. Whether\nduring enslavement or during the 21st century\, Black resistance is a\ntradition that links the past to the present in hopes for a brighter future.\nKnowledge of Black resistance is essential to understanding Black people played\na role in their own liberation\, in addition to properly framing the challenges\nof our society—historically—so that we can over come them. \;  \;