Sensitive topic but black parents should pay attention.
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Like most businesses, our family own daycare had to close due to the virus. So now, with all the extra time on my hands, I'm reflecting on how wonderful my life has been in a job that I created 16 years ago with the help and support of my family. Surely the daycare will reopen safely. But until then, I'll continue to miss the attention and care given to each and every child without exception, and the friendships made with the parents. Much love and stay protected.
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I personally want to thank these children for their courageous sacrifice. I owe them a debt of gratitude.
A Mighty Girl
May 2 at 2:30 PM ·
Today marks the anniversary one of the most powerful protests of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement -- the Birmingham Children’s Crusade. On May 2, 1963, hundreds of children marched out of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, singing civil rights freedom songs. As each group of 50 children was arrested, another would take its place. By the end of "D-Day", as it was called for "ditching" class to march for justice, nearly 1,000 children were jailed, including ones as young as nine years old.
The march was organized with the aim of talking with the city's mayor about ending segregation in Birmingham, the country's most segregated city. To prepare, the children had been trained by Rev. James Bevel, a leader of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, in non-violence resistance tactics. After the mass arrests of the first day, the demonstrations continued peacefully the following day but the city's response became far more brutal. With the jails overflowing with children, the Commissioner of Public Safety Bull Connor ordered police to spray the children with high pressure water hoses, strike them with batons, and threaten them with police dogs. Among them, the children pictured here who were sprayed by firefighters just after the police officer took their signs. The next day, photos from Birmingham of children being attacked by dogs and knocked to the ground by fire hoses appeared in newspapers around the world.
Despite the violent response, the children continued their nonviolent protests, marching en masse on May 5th to the city jail where many children were still being held. By May 10th, under pressure from the on-going demonstrations and widespread condemnation from around the country, city leaders at last conceded. They agreed to desegregate businesses in Birmingham and release everyone who had been jailed during the demonstrations. The courageous protests of the estimated 4,000 children who participated in the Children 's Crusade not only led to a victory in Birmingham but the massive media attention generated by the Children's Crusade also compelled then President John F. Kennedy to at last move decisively on civil rights. The following month, he gave a historic address from the Oval Office on civil rights, announcing that he would be submitting civil rights legislation to Congress -- that bill eventually became the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 which outlawed discrimination and segregation nationwide.
For an inspiring picture book about these brave children, we highly recommend "Let the Children March" for ages 5 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/let-the-children-march
There is also a picture book about the youngest known marcher in Birmingham, 9-year-old Audrey Faye Hendricks, for ages 5 to 9 at https://www.amightygirl.com/the-youngest-marcher
For ages 10 and up, we recommend the excellent photo-filled book about these events, "We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March," at http://amzn.to/2pVaZQK
For more true stories of the role of young people in the Civil Rights Movement, check out "Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories," for ages 10 and up at https://www.amightygirl.com/freedom-s-children
For adults who would like a deeper understanding of the Civil Rights Movement, we recommend the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Parting the Waters" (http://amzn.to/2qBN30Z) and its sequels "Pillar of Fire" (http://amzn.to/2qw5eWD) and "At Canaan's Edge" (https://amzn.to/2SrQA2g)
And, for many books for children and teens about the important and often overlooked role that girls and women played in the Civil Rights Movement, visit our special feature on the "Top Mighty Girls Books on Civil Rights History" at https://www.amightygirl.com/mighty-girl-picks/civil-rights-history
George Gant
January 7 at 7:13 PM ·
Just a bit=A whole lot in 2021. Enjoy today's new Beware of Toddler comic!
Beware of Toddler
January 7 at 7:14 PM ·
Just a bit=A whole lot in 2021. Enjoy today's new Beware of Toddler comic!
George Gant
March 26, 2020 at 10:49 AM ·
Anyone with little ones at home? Here are a couple Beware of Toddler coloring pages! Links to full pages below!
Crayon Page - http://www.bewaretoddler.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/coloringpage-3.jpg
Kool-Aid Parody Page - https://www.bewaretoddler.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/coloringpage-1.jpg
Kids ought to be taught the wonderful world of science at the earliest imaginable age possible.
Quantum Physics
January 2 at 5:22 AM ·
Guess the experiment 😀
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