“A Litany of Thanksgiving”
For many years I always cooked Thanksgiving dinner for our whole family and for friends away from their homes. Before our meal, children read various [...]
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Remembering Rev. Calvin O. Butts
When I was about seven years old, my family and I were visiting New York City and attending a large worship service at historic Abyssinian [...]
Read More“Democracy Is On the Ballot”
In August 1965, as President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders at [...]
Read More“Give Light and People Will Find the Way”
Earlier this year, members of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® team and other colleagues had opportunity to attend a training session near the [...]
Read MoreOlive Wright Covington: Sister, Teacher
If one word describes me, it would be TEACHER. —Olive Wright Covington This summer my big sister Olive Wright Covington passed away. Olive was a [...]
Read MorePutting Children on The Cradle Roll
This weekend places of worship across the country will take part in the annual multifaith National Observance of Children’s Sabbaths® celebration, focusing prayers, worship, education [...]
Read MoreNew Steps Toward Ending Hunger
“In every country in the world and in every state in this country, no matter what else divides us, if a parent cannot feed a [...]
Read MorePrayers After the Storms
The Children’s Defense Fund’s logo comes from a drawing I saw in a gallery window during a walk through Cambridge, Massachusetts nearly fifty years ago, [...]
Read MoreThe Little Rock Nine Anniversary: “Silence is Not an Option”
In September 1957, nine Black teenagers started the new school year and changed history. Minnijean Brown, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Pattillo, Gloria [...]
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