Ask Ruby: Dr. Ruby Mae Chapman

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

The International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history.

Every year on 25 March, the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade offers the opportunity to honor and remember those who suffered and died at the hands of the brutal slavery system. The International Day also aims to raise awareness about the dangers of racism and prejudice today.

In order to more permanently honor the victims, a memorial has been erected at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The unveiling took place on 25 March 2015. The winning design for the memorial, The Ark of Return

by Rodney Leon, an American architect of Haitian descent, was selected through an international competition and announced in September 2013.

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Lest We Forget....

Mr. Carson turned his attention to slavery after describing photographs of poor immigrants displayed at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration. These new arrivals worked long hours, six or seven days a week, with little pay, he said. And before them, there were slaves.

“That’s what America is about, a land of dreams and opportunity,’’ he said. “There were other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships, worked even longer, even harder for less. But they too had a dream that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons, granddaughters, great-grandsons, great-granddaughters, might pursue prosperity and happiness in this land.”

Friday, March 3, 2017

Celebrating Women History Month

Throughout history women have played integral roles in the success of social and civil movements. Women like Dr. Ruby Mae Chapman, Dr. Diane Nash, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune and Dr. Dorothy Height - and countless others - initiated, planned and fully implemented the movements with little to no recognition. Often times, the movements they helped plan and represent stopped short of even addressing the issues affecting Black women.

Still, they persisted.

Their persistence, belief in, and support of social movements demonstrates the importance of Black women in the struggle for Justice, Equality and Financial Equity.

“I was so blessed to be mentored by my mother and grandmothers. My mother and grandmothers not only believed in our people, but supported our movement every single day. As a young child and now as a grown woman, it was an honor to see my mother and grandmothers work up close, and hear, see, listening to their vision for our people. More importantly, I was able to see the amazing power of women and how important they are within our lives when were living, loving, and laughing out loud but most of all they are with us in celebrating our success.”

As we celebrate Women’s History Month continue to shed light on the recognition for the countless contributions of Black women, continue to call on your women relatives, (mothers, sisters, aunts, nieces and cousins), family and friends, most of all, call on your own ancestors and all of their there stories. There are many so many compelling Black women in all of our families and lives, who have stood Black, boldly, beautifully, and brilliantly, helping to carve out a piece of the American pie for our homes, schools, colleges and communities.