“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 [...]
Read MoreFor many years I always cooked Thanksgiving dinner for our whole family and for friends away from their homes. Before our meal, children read various [...]
Read MoreWhen 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 MoreIn 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 MoreEarlier 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 MoreIf 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 MoreThis 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 More“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 MoreThe 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 MoreIn 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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