On This Day In TCXPI History

January 20, 1986 the First Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was observed as a National Holiday.

It took 15 years to create the federal Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

Congressman John Conyers, Democrat from Michigan, first introduced legislation for a commemorative holiday four days after King was assassinated in 1968.

After the bill became stalled, petitions endorsing the holiday containing six million names were submitted to Congress.

Conyers and Rep. Shirley Chisholm, Democrat of New York, resubmitted King holiday legislation each subsequent legislative session. Public pressure for the holiday mounted during the 1982 and 1983 civil rights marches in Washington.

Congress passed the holiday legislation in 1983, which was then signed into law by President Ronald Reagan.

A compromise moving the holiday from Jan. 15, King's birthday, which was considered too close to Christmas and New Year's, to the third Monday in January helped overcome opposition to the law.

January 20, 1986 marked the first observance of the Federal legal holiday, established by Public Law 98-144, honoring the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

A number of states resisted celebrating the holiday. Some opponents said Dr. King did not deserve his own holiday, contending that the entire civil rights movement rather than one individual, however instrumental, should be honored.

Several southern states include celebrations for various Confederate generals on that day, while Utah calls it Human Rights Day. Legislation is now pending to change the name to Martin Luther King Day. Arizona voters approved the holiday in 1992 after a threatened tourist boycott. In 1999, New Hampshire changed the name of Civil Rights Day to Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.

This holiday, which occurs on the third Monday in January each year, was established to serve as a time for Americans to reflect on the principles of racial equality and nonviolent social change espoused by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The day was not officially observed in all 50 states until 2000.

Source: Archives.gov National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/eeo/special-observances/#jan

(Accessed on 01/20/2015)

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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter." 

Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. 1929-1968

Quality Education for African American children matters to TCXPI. This education should include, first and foremost, each child's heritage and culture. In TCXPI's case, it should be centered in Africa.

The goal of the Chinue X Inc, Project (TCXPI) Afrocentric Educational Resource Service (AERS) is to provide free educational resources for each child participant and their parents in order to provide education that will increase Self Love, Self-Worth, and Self Respect.

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The Chinue X Project (TCXPI) was established as an Afrocentric Educational Resource Service. One of its objectives is to present via social media platforms, Daily Black History Facts of the many contributions of African and African Americans to World and Human Civilization. Those contributions that have been historically omitted and distorted within the nation’s educational arena.

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First and foremost, thANKH YOU TO ALL who have supported and donated to The Chinue X Project, Inc. (TCXPI) Afrocentric Educational Resource Service over the years. We APPRECIATE YOU!

Established in 2011, TCXPI is a 501(c)3 nonprofit which seeks to bring supplemental awareness and education to the nation's educational system. A system which continues to be based on oppressive mainstream instruction. We do this by creating various projects in the community as well as on social media.

TCXPI's main project since 2011 has been to continue to - Educate, Encourage, and Elevate - those who seek to learn of the many contributions made by African and African Americans to World and Human Civilization - Daily Black History.

Through visual imagery TCXPI presents factual history on African and African American history here on Facebook and other social platforms.

WITH YOUR DONATIONS, TCXPI can continue to tell the many unsung stories - the good, the bad, and the ugly - of the ANKHcestors and their struggles of hundreds of years i.e. On This Day In TCXPI Black History

Donations will be used to create for and maintain TCXPIs various Facebook pages, which include:

On This Day In TCXPI Black History

TCXPI Presents The Original Black Panther Party At 50 And Beyond

TCXPI's TRIPS TO THE MOTHERLAND - Ghana

In addition, TCXPI will also continue to support Black communities by creating projects such as Backpack Give Backs, and other FREE educational programs that benefit to the education of young scholars locally and globally.

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TCXPI Presents The Original Black Panther Party For Self Defense 53rd Anniversary 2019.

Every year for the month of October, TCXPI honors and respects the Legacy of the Black Panther Party For Self Defense, to pay tribute to my Dad #1, Brooksie Cornelius, who was an adamant supporter of the Party. 

From October 1st forward, TCXPI shares daily BPP facts, through visual art, the history of the organization/movement and its many founding and life members. This year will be no different. Some have transitioned, some are still with us. We Celebrate THEM ALL! 

TCXPI Salutes them ALL for their many contributions to the uplifting of Black communities nationwide. 

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The Year Of RAturn 2019 - TCXPI's Trips To The Motherland - Ghana - My Accommodations - Vivians AirBnB

This is Vivian's AirBnB. Vivian is affectionately known as Dr. V. a lecturer at the University of Ghana in the Family and Consumer Services Department.

This is the second time I have stayed at Vs. I happened on it by chance during my first visit in 2018.  This is just one of two AirBnbs Dr. V host. Each have a living room, dining room, fully equipped kitchen, 3 bedrooms, two baths w/hot water, and patio. 
It is a gated AirBnb and very quiet.

It is located in North Dzorwulu - near Fiesta Royale Hotel. Near restaurants, grocery stores, etc. 

To contact Vivian AirBnb visit: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/22763097?source_impression_id=p3_1571877434_f7YZg6EVCFWFT71t

Front Entrance (roof construction - completed while I was there) 

Front View of the two apartments

Kitchen view #1

Kitchen view #2

Dining Room and Living Room

Bedroom #1

Bedroom #2

Bathroom #2

Bathroom #2 - Shower

Master Bathroom

Master Bedroom - My Room

The Year Of RAturn 2019 - TCXPI's Trips To The Motherland - Ghana - Day #2

On my first morning in Ghana, I take a walk through the community. The very first thing I do is go the the local pharmacy to purchase the pills for prevention of malaria. There are two pills that you take weekly to prevent contracting malaria. 

The Pharmacy Clerks were very helpful and resourceful. I asked them where
I should have lunch and they told me Perfect Touch, so I went.

A gown shop in North Dzorwulu

My Taxi Driver. He waited while I ordered my food. 

Perfect Touch Restaurant

It's best to call in if you're going to Perfect Touch for take-out. 

The wait was long. Call in orders is prefered.

My Order. 

Banku and Chicken, Plantain, Red Red (black eyed peas in red sauce) and Fish. Seasoned just right. I absolutely love Ghanaian food. It reminds me of my childhood. 

The Year Of RAturn 2019 - TCXPI's Trips To The Motherland - Ghana - Day #1

I left San Francisco, CA on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 7:25am.
I arrived in Accra, Ghana on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 3:30pm.

I had two layovers - one in Trenton, NJ, the other in Toronto, Canada.
Overall the travel to Ghana was uneventful.

I hired a driver, Mohammed, who was very patient with me and assisted me in re-activating my Ghanaian phone, and converting my currency to Cedis while at the airport. He gave me his card in case I needed his services. 

It felt good to be back on the Soil of the Motherland.
I AM HOME!

Kotoko International Airport

I arrived at my housing accomodations in North Dzorwulu, which also serves as an AirBnb - Vivian AirBnB. I stayed here also during my first visit in the Spring of 2018 and Dr. V and I have formed a bond. I was welcomed by the family. I went up and began settling in and unpacking. I was welcomed with a homecooked dinner. Such a wonderful surprise. 

Vivian AirBnB

Jolof rice, red sauce, fried chicken, plantain, yucca, and veggies.

Fruit presented to me upon my arrival - papaya, pineapple, avocado, oranges, bananas.

The Year Of RAturn 2019 - TCXPI's Trips To The Motherland - Ghana

My personal journey TCXPI's Trips To The Motherland - Ghana. My second trip home, occurred September 11-22, 2019. 

TCXPI made its first trip to Ghana in Spring of 2018. We made the decision that if we could, we would RAturn every year. 

Fall of 2019 was a similar yet different experience during our visit. 
In my next several blog post, I will share a bit of my visit.

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2019 TCXPI BACKPACK GIVEAWAY

This year's 2019 TCXPI Backpack Giveaway will be in honor of my Beloved Sista Friend Love, Zena Long Cash.

We will be distributing 30 backpacks to young scholars, ages 5-11 yy. at The Umoja Festival, Saturday August 17, 2019.

A parent will need to be present to complete a form to receive backpack.

We need your assistance in filling these backpacks for THIRTY Oakland, California young scholars.

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TCXPI Presents Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. King, Jr. A Story Of Love, Dedication, and Commitment

TCXPI Presents Dr. and Mrs. Martin L. King, Jr. 

A Story Of Love, Dedication, and Commitment 

Born and raised in Marion, Alabama, Coretta Scott graduated valedictorian from Lincoln High School. She received a B.A. in music and education from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and then went on to study concert singing at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music, where she earned a degree in voice and violin. 

Coretta Scott, met Martin Luther King, Jr. who was then studying for his doctorate in systematic theology at Boston University. They were married on June 18, 1953, and in September 1954 took up residence in Montgomery, Alabama, with Coretta Scott King assuming the many responsibilities of pastor’s wife at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. 

During Dr. King’s career, Mrs. King devoted most of her time to raising their four children: Yolanda Denise (1955), Martin Luther, III (1957), Dexter Scott (1961), and Bernice Albertine (1963). From the earliest days, however, she balanced mothering and Movement work, speaking before church, civic, college, fraternal and peace groups. She conceived and performed a series of favorably-reviewed Freedom Concerts which combined prose and poetry narration with musical selections and functioned as significant fundraisers for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the direct action organization of which Dr. King served as first president. In 1957, she and Dr. King journeyed to Ghana to mark that country’s independence. In 1958, they spent a belated honeymoon in Mexico, where they observed first-hand the immense gulf between extreme wealth and extreme poverty. In 1959, Dr. and Mrs. King spent nearly a month in India on a pilgrimage to disciples and sites associated with Mahatma Gandhi. In 1964, she accompanied him to Oslo, Norway, where he received the Nobel Peace Prize. Even prior to her husband’s public stand against the Vietnam War in 1967, Mrs. King functioned as liaison to peace and justice organizations, and as mediator to public officials on behalf of the unheard. 

After her husband’s assassination in 1968, Mrs. King founded and devoted great energy and commitment to building and developing programs for the Atlanta-based Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change as a living memorial to her husband’s life and dream. Situated in the Freedom Hall complex encircling Dr. King’s tomb, The King Center is today located inside of a 23-acre national historic park which includes his birth home, and which hosts over one million visitors a year.

As founding President, Chair, and Chief Executive Officer, she dedicated herself to providing local, national and international programs that have trained tens of thousands of people in Dr. King’s philosophy and methods; she guided the creation and housing of the largest archives of documents from the Civil Rights Movement; and, perhaps her greatest legacy after establishing The King Center itself, Mrs. King spearheaded the massive educational and lobbying campaign to establish Dr. King’s birthday as a national holiday. In 1983, an act of Congress instituted the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, which she chaired for its duration. And in January 1986, Mrs. King oversaw the first legal holiday in honor of her husband–a holiday which has come to be celebrated by millions of people world-wide and, in some form, in over 100 countries.

For complete bio, please visit: http://thekingcenter.org/about-mrs-king/

 The King Center

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