Welcome to Flag Steward's 'Be a Stud Citizen'
Half-Staff Alerts & Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying Civics info & US History memos)
for Wednesday, May 19, 2021
[ May 2019 pic of "holiday" US Flag flying at Flag Steward HQ = S. Sweeney pic ]
Half-Staff Alerts & Reminders from Our Flag
(relaying Civics info & US History memos)
for Wednesday, May 19, 2021
[ May 2019 pic of "holiday" US Flag flying at Flag Steward HQ = S. Sweeney pic ]
Where is Our Flag, the U.S. Flag, at half-staff today?
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2) LISTEN to the <5 minutes PODCAST as you or your classroom follow along viewing the page on a device or classroom projection
or, 3) WATCH the <5 minutes VIDEO of today's Reminders from Our Flag, by yourself or with your classrooom on a projector/flatscreen ]
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Today's Historical Moment from Our Flag
... the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" goes public ...
... the "Letter from Birmingham Jail" goes public ...
[ fair / educational use image ]
Four days after being arrested for leading a march against racial segregation in Birminghams, Alabama, on April 16th, in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. began writing a letter in reply to white religious leaders publishing "A Call for Unity." Rather than wait for the painstakingly slow justice sytem to fix social injustices in the 1960s, in his letter MLK reinforced that action, in the form of sit-ins, marches, and other forms of protest, had to be taken to correct the racial injustices across the South. Because he was in jail and not given materials write his letter on, MLK started by writing in the margin of the newspaper, then on tiny bits of paper snuck into him, and eventually his lawyers were allowed to give him a pad of paper.
On May 19, 1963, parts of MLK's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" were first published for folks to read. In the reply to him being called an "outsider" by Birmingham authorities resisting the racial desegregation protests, MLK wrote:
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly ... Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."
This unauthorized publication by the New York Post Sunday Magazine began a summer full of reprints of the letter and distribution across America - sparking more American support for the civil rights movement and eventual Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly ... Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."
This unauthorized publication by the New York Post Sunday Magazine began a summer full of reprints of the letter and distribution across America - sparking more American support for the civil rights movement and eventual Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Today's Inspirational Quote from Our Flag
And, now it's time to ...
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
Students across America, at school or at home, inspired by Martin Luther King Jr's letter calling for the end of racial discrimination in Birmingham and across America, please unite and recite the Pledge.
Thanks for participating in today's U.S. Flag tribute.
This is Sean Sweeney, a fellow Flag Steward, signing-off:
Go out and 'Be a Stud Citizen' today
Keep America Beautiful, and remember,
In God We Trust
This is Sean Sweeney, a fellow Flag Steward, signing-off:
Go out and 'Be a Stud Citizen' today
Keep America Beautiful, and remember,
In God We Trust
In God We Trust
(Official motto of the United States of America)
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