Wednesday, December 28, 2022
Sunday, September 25, 2022
2023 TCXPI YSEP Parent Info Session
Contact: Cynthia Chinue X Cornelius | 510.417.5992 | thecxpi@gmail.com | www.tcxpi.org
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Juneteenth - A Federal Holiday
On hundred and fifty-eight years later in 2021, Juneteenth becomes a Federal Holiday.
June 19 is celebrated as “Juneteenth,” in honor of one of the final acts of emancipation of slaves in the U.S.(1865)
This year, June 19 falls on a Sunday, so the federal holiday – established in 2021 by President Joe Biden – will be observed on Monday, June 20.
Federal offices, as well as many state and local ones, will be closed as will banks and other businesses. The U.S. Post Office will be closed, and mail will not run on June 20th.
The day is recognized as a state holiday in Alabama as well.
What is Juneteenth?
On June 19, 1865, the announcement was made that tens of thousands of African-Americans in Texas had been emancipated, closing the door on one of the last chapters of slavery in the U.S.
Juneteenth traces its origins back to Galveston, Texas where on June 19, 1865 Union soldiers, led by Major Gen. Gordon Granger landed in the city with news that the Civil War had ended and slaves were now free. The announcement came two-and-a-half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of Jan. 1, 1863 that freed slaves in Confederate states. However, since that proclamation was made during the Civil War, it was ignored by Confederate states and it wasn’t until the end of the war that the Executive Order was enforced in the South.
Granger delivered the news himself, reading General Order Number 3:
“The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and free laborer.”
The day’s name is a combination of “June” and “nineteenth” in honor of the date of Granger’s announcement and first appeared around 1903. It is also known as African American Freedom Day or Emancipation Day.
Friday, March 11, 2022
TCXPI Presents Women In History
March is Women's History Month.
Greetings Team TCXPI,
Join TCXPI Presents Women In History, a celebration of Queens who have made significant contributions to world and human civilization.
Through committment, self-determination, resilience, and courage, we salute them All!
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TCXPI's Mission:
“To be a conduit for African and African American contemporary enlightenment through education, in order to foster self-pride, self-respect, and self-worth in people of African descent."
"A lifetime journey towards education that is inclusive of all African, African-American, and Black History, not just part of it"
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Cynthia Chinue X Cornelius
CEO and Founder
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Sunday, February 6, 2022
Black History Is 24/7/365/6!
At Dr. Woodson's request, we have moved past just the month of February!
Our Black History Is All Year Around. After all, it is World History.
The Chinue X Project Inc, an Afrocentric Educational Resource Service TCXPI AERS
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Happy Earth Day Dr. King 2022!
On what would have been your 93rd EARTH Day, We Salute You!
On This Day In TCXPI History
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Clergyman, Civil Rights Leader, and Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta, Georgia, January 15, 1929.
Dr. King entered Morehouse College at 15 and earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology in 1948. He then earned his Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer Theological Seminary in 1951 and his Ph.D. from Boston University in 1955.
Dr. King led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and in 1957 helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, serving as its first president.
Dr. King was the 1957 recipient of the NAACP Spingarn Medal.
On August 28, 1963, Dr. King led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
In 1964, he became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.
Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.
In 1971, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for “Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam.”
He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, by President Jimmy Carter July 11, 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004.
On October 10, 1980, his boyhood home and several nearby buildings were designated the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site.
On November 2, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating a federal holiday to honor King and Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time January 17, 2000.
“The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.” was published in 1998.
More than 750 cities in the United States have streets named in his honor.
A memorial to King at the National Mall in Washington, D. C. opened October 16, 2011.
King’s name is enshrined in the Ring of Genealogy at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan.
Sources:
The Wright Museum Blog
http://thewright.org/explore/blog/entry/today-in-black-history-1152014
(Accessed on 01/15/2015)
Honor And RAspect To Dr. Martin Luther King Jr On His Earth Day!
The King Center
https://thekingcenter.org/about-tkc/martin-luther-king-jr/
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