Thanksgiving 2020

  

 

 

 

 

  Thanksgiving 2020

 

   

Thanksgiving is a national United States holiday that has existed for a longtime. The concept of thanksgiving is about giving thanks to God about living, about having our food, and about the blessings that you do have. Very few people get to live in our time. It is certainly a blessing to live, to learn, and to grow during the start of the third decade of the 21st century. On Thanksgiving, parades would normally exist. Yet, we have a pandemic, so massive parades in America aren't going to happen in a massive way at all. People are suffering, and the pain is very real for families who have lost loved ones due to the virus. More than 250,000 Americans have passed away from the pandemic. This is part of the disgraceful legacy of the Presidency of Donald Trump. Many human beings consume foods like turkey, green beans, sweet potatoes, potato salad, stuffing, yams, macaroni and cheese, rolls, various cakes, various pies, cranberries, etc. During my childhood, I didn't know of the complex origin of Thanksgiving. To this day, many people in 2020 don't know the actual history of Thanksgiving either. Now, I do. Many people understand the real Thanksgiving via investigations and tons of real research. First, it is very clear that for thousands of years (long before the 1600's), many religions celebrated the thanksgiving ethos of giving thanks for the processes of the existence of the Universe. 

 

The Thanksgiving that we are talking about deals with the Mayflower and the European interactions with Native Americans long centuries ago. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in America, Canada, some parts of the Caribbean, and Liberia. The celebration of the blessings of food production and other things in life are commonplace. The U.S. Thanksgiving celebrations relate back to the Protestant Reformation era. The Protestant Reformation was created by Martin Luther. It started when many Catholics tried at first to reform the Catholic Church, because the Vatican leadership used evils like indulgences, the Inquisition, religious persecution, and other forms of corruption. Erasmus was one man who wanted reforms in the Catholic Church too. Erasmus was an excellent scholar of religious studies. After the 95 Theses, the Vatican refused to change, so the Protestants were formed. It is obviously clear that I don't agree with many doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church. I don't agree with calling priests father, I don't agree with forbidding priests to marry involuntarily, I don't believe that Mary was a perpetual virgin, and I won't called the Pope the Vicar of Christ. It is clear that purgatory has no scriptural basis of fact in any circumstance, and I don't believe in transubstantiation (as the book of Hebrews is clear that Jesus Christ offered up one sacrifice forever being on the right hand of God the Father):

"...By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God." (Hebrews 10:10-12)

 

 

William Tyndale

By the early 16th century, the Vatican refused to reform, and Protestants developed their own religious institutions. Major wars existed among Protestants and Catholics until the 1600’s. The Vatican used the Counter Reformation via the Jesuit Order in trying to counteract the Protestant Reformation. The Ecumenical Movement today is supported by the Vatican, the Jesuits, and other groups who desire compromise. In England, there were the Puritans and the Pilgrims. These two religious groups would relate to the American Thanksgiving story. Now, the divine rights of kings heresy is very similar to the Pope falsely claiming divine authority. Back then, King James I ruled the United Kingdom. King James I was right to disagree with many doctrines of Roman Catholics. King James I was right to disagree with witchcraft. His problem was that he made it his business to persecute Baptists and other separatists who didn’t want to submit to the state church. Many people who disagreed with the state church were imprisoned and killed during the early 1600’s. The Anglican Church was nearly identical to the Catholic Church in their ecclesiology. That is why many Baptists, Puritans, and other Protestant separatists left the UK and came into America. They wanted religious liberty. They realized that a king in the UK (and in other places in Europe) having authoritarian power is antithetical to democratic rights. Now, some of them did the wrong thing in murdering Native Americans and enslaving innocent black Africans. I want to make that perfectly clear. Also, William Schaw worked with King James VI of Scotland. William Schaw (who was accused of being a suspected Jesuit and holding anti-English views during the 1590’s. We know about the pro-Jesuits zealots involved in the evil Gunpowder terrorist plot in England. The plot was led by Roman Catholic Robert Catesby) helped to build castles and palaces. Robert Catesby's fellow plotters were John and Christopher Wright, Robert and Thomas Wintour, Thomas Percy, Guy Fawkes, Robert Keyes, Thomas Bates, John Grant, Ambrose Rookwood, Sir Everard Digby and Francis Tresham. Fawkes, who had 10 years of military experience fighting in the Spanish Netherlands in the failed suppression of the Dutch Revolt, was given charge of the explosives. Some claim that William Schaw was an important figure in the development of Freemasonry in Scotland (as he was involved in the First and Second Schaw statues). Early Thanksgiving ceremonies were in Virginia by 1607, in Charles City County, Virginia in 1637, and were created by the French plus the Spanish during the 16th century.

 

 

 

First, it is important to make a distinction between Puritans and Pilgrims. Pilgrims came into America first while the Puritans came into America later on. The Pilgrims were overt Separatists. They wanted to leave the Church of England completely. They formed the Mayflower Compact in establishing their religious and political views. They wanted a more democratic model of governance for their adherents. The Church of England oppressed the Pilgrims so much that they migrated to the Netherlands first. The Dutch welcomed them. Later, they traveled from Holland (or the Netherlands) into North America. They settled on Plymouth. The Puritans were completely different. They wanted reform in the Church of England without breaking away from it. They wanted to purify the Anglican Church by removing Roman Catholic doctrines from it. They created the Massachusetts Bay Colony which was a strict theocratic society. It has so much strict theocratic laws that some separated from that colony. The Pilgrims were working class, poor people with folks like William Brewster. The Puritans were upper middle class, some were educated, and some of their members were John Endicott, John Winthrop, etc. The Quakers came into America too. Quakers believe that each human being has the ability to have the access of the light within or that God is in every one. The Quakers rejected swearing oaths, believed in the priesthood of all believers, they believed in religious toleration, many of them had cordial relations with Native Americans, and some became ardent opponents of slavery. The Pilgrims’ journey to North America was a dangerous one (they came to Plymouth on December 21, 1620). Many people were sick and the climate was cold.

 

The Pilgrims came into a land where a plague killed most of Native Americans except for the Patuxent. A harsh winter killed many Pilgrims. Later, Squanto (or a Native American Patuxent member who learned English and was once a slave in Europe) taught the Pilgrims to catch eel and grow corn. He was sent by Samoset or the first Native American to see the Pilgrims. The Wampanoag leader Massasoit gave food to the colonists during the first winter. They or the Pilgrims had their Thanksgiving in 1621. 50 Pilgrims and 90 Native Americans were there. Four adult Pilgrim women cooked the food. Their names are Eleanor Billington, Elizabeth Hopkins, Mary Brewster, and Susanna White.

 

On March 16th, 1621, a Native American from the Saco Tribe of the Abenaki people named Samoset met the Englishmen for the first time. Samoset spoke excellent English, as did Squanto, a bilingual Patuxet, both having been taken back to Europe earlier as slaves. It was these two who served as interpreters between the colonists and the Wampanoag Native Americans, who, lead by Chief Massasoit, outnumbered the settlers. Decades before 1621, the Wampanoag fought European oppression of their lands. There are only two contemporary accounts of the 1621 Thanksgiving: First is Edward Winslow's account, which he wrote in a letter dated December 12, 1621. The complete letter was first published in 1622 showing the following information:

 

"Our corn [i.e. wheat] did prove well, and God be praised, we had a good increase of Indian corn, and our barley indifferent good, but our peas not worth the gathering, for we feared they were too late sown. They came up very well, and blossomed, but the sun parched them in the blossom. Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruit of our labors. They four in one day killed as much fowl as, with a little help beside, served the company almost a week. At which time, amongst other recreations, we exercised our arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation and bestowed on our governor, and upon the captain and others. And although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty."

 

The second description was written about twenty years after the fact by William Bradford in his History Of Plymouth Plantation. Bradford's History was rediscovered in 1854 after having been taken by British looters during the Revolutionary War. Its discovery prompted a greater American interest in the history of the Pilgrims.  It is also in this account that the Thanksgiving turkey tradition is founded. 

 

The Pilgrims and the Puritans embraced Calvinistic views. John Calvin invented Calvinism. An imprisonment of Calvin, however, also took place in May 1534. It has been debated on why he was imprisoned for. Many authors say that Calvin was imprisoned because of a specific "reason." John Calvin formed a theocratic state in Geneva, Switzerland where many people were executed for theological disagreements. Bernard Cottret, author of Calvin: A Biography, a favorable treatment of Calvin’s life and work, has provided accounts of the torture and execution of heretics (who denied the Trinity. I believe in the Trinity, but I don't agree with killing people who disagree with me on the Trinity) and those who were merely suspected of committing crimes in Geneva.  Calvin died in 1564, apparently despised by the citizens of Geneva. Even the Bible is clear that you don't murder people if he or she disagrees with your theological views.  Jesus taught to ‘turn the other cheek’ instead. None of the Apostles taught murderous action against unbelievers but instead taught the believer to seek them out and present the gospel in love. Dave Hunt wrote a book entitled, "What Love is This?" that refutes many of the doctrines of Calvinism in a compassionate, eloquent fashion. I recommend his book. Calvin claimed to disagree with Catholicism, but he established his brutal empire like a "Pope" in Geneva.  To this day, many undercover Calvinists would try to infiltrate Baptist churches and other churches in trying to promote their doctrines. The Bible is clear that God wants everyone to wake up. 2 Peter 3:9 mentions that, "The Lord is not slack concerning [His] promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." John 3:16 is ever clear that: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

The 1623 harvest was large as well.  At first, the Native Americans and the Pilgrims had peaceful relations. Later, we know the rest of the story. Squanto worked with other tribes in forming trading plans. Massasoit, Squanto, and other Wampanoags were captured by Corbitant or the sachem of the Narragansett tribe. Myles Standish wanted to execute Corbitant. Standish injured many Native Americans. Later, Myles Standish and his men murdered Native Americans like Massachusett leaders when they posed no threat to them. Myles Standish was a murderer and a war criminal. Standish’s raid ruined a more peaceful relationship between the Pilgrims and Native Americans. William Bradford admitted to this. The Pilgrims' only close ally was the Massasoit led Wampanoag tribe. Standish was the military leader of the Plymouth colony. The Pequot War and the King Philip’s War came later.

 

The 1637 Massacre in Mystic caused at least 700 Native Americans to be murdered by Europeans. Men, women, and children Native Americans were burned alive, and their buildings were destroyed. William Bradford or the Governor of Plymouth praised the massacre in sick terms by the following words: “…Those that escaped the fire were slain with the sword; some hewed to pieces, others run through with their rapiers, so that they were quickly dispatched and very few escaped. It was conceived they thus destroyed about 400 at this time. It was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire...horrible was the stink and scent thereof, but the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and they gave the prayers thereof to God, who had wrought so wonderfully for them, thus to enclose their enemies in their hands, and give them so speedy a victory over so proud and insulting an enemy."

 

“This day forth shall be a day of celebration and thanksgiving for subduing the Pequots," read Governor John Winthrop’s proclamation.

 

You couldn’t make this stuff up. This is real and these massacres against Native Americans are totally evil plus disgusting. Later, Pequots prisoners were executed. Pequot women and children were sold into slavery in the West Indies. The Pequot War killed most of the Pequot peoples. 

King Philip was the younger son of Massasoit. He didn’t want more settlers to take more Native American lands. The mysterious death of the Christian Native American John Sassamon caused war. Some believe that Sassamon wasn't murdered, but Sassamon's death was caused by an accidental fall in a frozen pond. By the end of the 1600's, Native Americans experienced genocide, and many left the region. Metacomet moved many of his people to New York. Sadly, his wife and 9-year-old son were captured and sold into slavery. Brokenhearted, he returned to his homeland - and was soon killed. Many Puritans were complicit in the slave trade where they oppressed black African people (i.e. Puritan ship owners began a slave-trading business by raiding the coast for Native American people and trading them for black African human beings). Also, scholarship like Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz's "Indigenous People's History of the United States" is ignored in academia and popular culture. The early English colonizers and capitalists wanted to go into America to promote the myth of white spiritual supremacy and to expand their resources. Today, many Native Americans suffer various forms of oppression like diseases, homelessness, dilapidated and vermin-infested housing, substance abuse, inadequate education, unemployment, and police brutality. Likewise, we acknowledge many Native Americans standing up for justice back then and today in 2020. So, we desire true liberation. Therefore, we know the truth. Having empathy towards the indigenous people means that we can never glamorize killers and murderers like many European imperialists were.

  

Many of us are blessed to have houses, monetary resources, and food to eat. Yet, on this 2020 Thanksgiving, we know that many people are suffering a great deal. Food banks and homeless shelters across America are struggling to meet the higher demand as a product of the pandemic. In Dallas, Texas alone, thousands of people in cars line up for basic food services. This was the largest food mobile distribution project in American history. This is unprecedented since the Great Depression during the 1930's. The North Texas Food Banks handed out 7,000 turkeys, and 600,000 pounds of food on Saturday. That was enough to feed 25,000 people according to organizers. Washington state has over 2.2 million people relying on food banks. If nothing is done, one in 5 Washington state residents will face hunger. In Harlem, NYC, people line up for food at the Harlem's Food Bank. In rural and urban communities worldwide, people are fighting for survival literally. The National Guard in Washington state has helped to deliver food. Rochester, NY has a line of 50-100 people seeking food. Thousands of volunteers are working constantly in Albany, the Bay area in California, etc. to feed humanity. While this is going on, Wall Street have record highs in profits. Therefore, compassion is the order of the day. Moderate policies won't work. A massive transformation of society is necessary to solve this problem. 

I always find that many of the moderates who want to compromise with the GOP fail to see how the oppressed suffer. A moderate approach didn't end legalized slavery in America or legalized Jim Crow. Therefore, centrism definitely won't end the pandemic crisis or massive economic inequality in America. These moderates scream about socialism, but many of them don't know the definition of socialism (they definitely don't know that many socialists fought for civil rights, an increase of a minimum wage, and environmental protections). Many of them scream about not wanting to defund the police without understanding the critically needed services that communities need. It is the height of naivete to assume that Democrats can compromise with Mitch McConnell and do true justice for humanity. The far right extremists are committing terrorism in America. Many Republicans are refusing to acknowledge the election results, but some want us to coddle these extremists. No, they deserve no coddling. They deserve to be told the truth, so they can change. If they refuse to change, then we can move forward with progressive agendas whether they like it or not. Mitch McConnell received donations from voting machine lobbyists before blocking election security bills. While this is going on, Mitch refuses to support a new pandemic relief bill in Congress. It is a disgrace that moderates are launching a campaign against progressives, but the reactionary extremists, not progressives, are responsible for the things that we witness now. Congresswoman Lauren Underwood won her Senate race again, and that is good news. Some moderates are more concerned with corporate appeasement than black liberation. Many of them are more concerned than being half way sleep instead of fully woke to reality and truth. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote that the large reason why he struggled to get solutions was because of moderates who wanted the status quo instead of freedom plus justice.  

*On this day, I'm thankful for many things like my life, my family, my friends, and my love of the truth. On this day of November 26, 2020, we are committed to do better, to be better, and to promote outstanding excellence in our own lives. 

 

The Results of the 2020 Election

The 59th quadrennial Presidential Election of 2020 was the most important election of our lifetimes. There is no other way to put it. I knew by instinct that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (with over 80 million votes) would have more popular votes than Donald Trump and Mike Pence. Biden and Harris won the election by electoral votes and by their political views. The economic distress, the effects of the pandemic on the American people, the increased political polarization, and other factors contributed to the reality of Donald Trump having only one term in office. Trump's racism, sexism, xenophobia, narcissism, habitual lying, and anti-intellectualism turned people off. The Biden victory included a diverse coalition of black people, young people, the disabled human beings, other people of color (the Latino people, AAPI, Native Americans, etc.), college educated human beings, progressive activists, anti-Trump Republicans, other minorities, and tons of diverse human beings who said that Enough is Enough. This Trump era literally saw lives being lost from police terrorism to the virus. The 2020 election was the highest voter turnout since 1900. 

Former Vice President Biden received the most voters cast for a candidate in an U.S. Presidential election with over 80 million votes. This election started with diverse candidates battling for the Presidency. There were Democrats, Republicans, The Green Party, the Libertarian Party, Kanye West's Party, and other candidates vying for leadership positions. Biden and Trump had the most influence during the 2020 Election. Record mail in ballots were in existence because of the ongoing pandemic. The campaign issues of the 2020 election were about the pandemic, the economy, health care, the environment, police brutality, racial discrimination, education, foreign policy, women's rights, immigration, social issues, and other important topics. Many polls failed to show the silent, quiet Trump supporters even in 2020. Some individuals lied to people in public about who they voted for in desiring Trump. That is why many pollsters have to go into the drawing board in developing a better analysts of how people's views would change over time. Many thought that white women would vote for Biden in a slight majority, but white women support for Trump increased. Mostly black Americans voted against Trump and for Biden. Victories for Biden in Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada outline demographic shifts in America. America is becoming more progressive, but the reactionary Trump movement is very powerful still. 2020 is unlike any other year of my lifetime. I haven't seen any other year like 2020 in recently memory since 1968. To witness the first African American and South Asian American woman as Vice President, who is Kamala Harris, is certainly amazing to witness. I'm glad that Trump was voted out of office. Yet, we embrace our politically independent, progressive thinking. A Biden/Harris Presidency will be praised (when it is necessary to be praised. Some Presidencies don't deserve praise), critiqued, and analyzed legitimately just like any other administration. 

  

 

An Overview

 

To evaluate 2020, you have to understand the 2020 Presidential election from a chronological perspective. This is the most important election of American history without question. It started long before 2020 too. The country saw Trump's bigotry, racism, and sexism in full display. Now, his policies has ruined America. How did this election start? It started before the 2018 midterm elections, and the 2018 midterms saw the House finally become mostly Democratic. This is the 59th quadrennial United States Presidential election. By the year of 2017, tons of Democratic candidates ran for President. They included the most diverse field in Democratic history. It was filled with people of many colors, liberals, moderates, and other human beings. People like Kamala Harris, and Andrew Yang ran for President in 2017. Many Libertarian candidates ran in 2018 from Arvin Vohra to Adam Kokesh. Later, the Green Party would have its candidates. Richard Ojeda made his short lived campaign in 2018. By December 31, 2018, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts made her exploratory committee to run for President. Elizabeth Warren ran on a populist, progressive economic platform. 2019 was when a large part of the Presidential race existed. In 2019, Kamala Harris launched her official campaign in public on January 21, 2019 at Oakland, California, which is a city with a long history of social activism. Kamala Harris gave an eloquent speech about her views. Also, in 2019, Tulsi Gabbard, Julian Castro, Kirsten Gillibrand, Pete Buttigeig, Marianne Williamson, Cory Booker, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O'Rourke, and Bernie Sanders ran officially for President too. Jay Inslee, John Hickenlooper, Michael Bloomberg, and other people ran for President also. Debates were abundant. The major themes of the Democratic debates were about ideological splits, climate change, the economy, racial issues, women's rights issues, other social issues, and other important issues. By the end of 2019, Trump was finally impeached. Many Presidential candidates dropped out of the Presidential race like Bullock, Kamala Harris, and other people. 

By early 2020, Democratic primaries existed. More people dropped out in early 2020 like Cory Booker and Julian Castro. Also, the first case of the coronavirus on American soil was in Washington state on the date of January 21, 2020. At first, the primary victors would be a four person Democratic race of Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Pete Buttegieg, and Elizabeth Warren. The turning point was in the South Carolina Democratic primary being won by Joe Biden on February 29, 2020. James Clyburn gave advice to Joe Biden that helped Biden's victory in the state of South Carolina. Black Americans mostly gave him the victory not because we viewed Biden as some super progressive (which he wasn't). Many of us felt that Biden had the best chance to defeat Trump. After that event, Sanders and Biden competed for the victory. Yet, Biden gained too much power and won the Democratic nomination. Like in 2016, many in the media red baited and used other disrespectful language against Bernie Sanders and his supporters. Yet, Bernie Sanders was gracious in his Democratic primary defeat, and he sent his support Joe Biden after the primaries were finished. Donald Trump won his Republican nomination. By late March of 2020, the virus spread all over America causing harm to many lives. Bernie Sanders ended his campaign on April 8, 2020. The Democratic Convention was totally virtual. The Republican Convention was virtual and in person at times. 

 

 

By May of 2020, the protests against police brutality in dealing with the unjust murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis were worldwide. During 2020, the fight against police brutality was multiracial, it included human beings from across generations, and it had folks from across countries worldwide. Confederate statues came down, and the world was watching. Trump talked about Antifa while sugarcoating far right extremist groups. Biden continued his Presidential campaign throughout the Summer of 2020. Kanye West ran for President with Michelle Tidball as his running mate on July 4, 2020. History was made when Biden announced her running mate as California Senator Kamala Harris on August 11, 2020. Kamala Harris is the first black woman and Asian woman to be a Vice Presidential candidate of a major U.S. party in American history. The first debate of Trump and Biden was emotional with Trump interrupting Biden constantly. Kamala Harris and Mike Pence's only debate revolved around Harris' strong words on criminal justice issues and Pence's articulate defense of Trump's corrupt, evil policies. Early voting existed, and voter suppression efforts are real. Yet, record early voting has developed nationwide. Trump and many of his team were infected with the virus including Harris' aide. The major issues of the 2020 Presidential election are about the impact of the coronavrius pandemic that killed over 220,000 Americans, climate change, the future of the ACA, voting rights, women's rights, immigration, education, the Trump promotion of Amy Coney Barrett, the protests over the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other black Americans, and other issues.

 

  

 

Election Day Voting

 

By August of 2020, there was the Postal Service Crisis, where many Americans feared that mail wouldn't be sent on time. This comes after mail in voting was predicted to heavily increase by the end of the 2020 Election (which did happen). By September 4, 2020, many North Carolina counties started to mail out absentee ballots to voters. This started the official start of the official Presidential election. Early voting in the state would not start for another 6 weeks. Biden blamed Trump for the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump continued to promote disinformation and deception by condemning mail in voting and claiming that election fraud would come before any vote was counted. Later in September 2020, Bob Woodward's book of Rage was released. It documented how Trump told Woodward back in early February 2020 that Trump was playing down the virus, because he knew that it was deadlier than the flu. For Trump knowing the seriousness of the virus that early and not telling the American people about the seriousness of this problem proves that he is one of the worst Presidents in American history. Trump downplayed the book as a "political hit job," but Trump said these words on tape. Woodward wasn't lying. Trump and Biden including Harris and Pence toured all over America from Nevada to Virginia to advance their campaigns. By September 17, 2020, U.S. District Judge Stanley Allen Bastian issued a nationwide preliminary injunction to block the Postal Service from implementing Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's changes calling them, "a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the postal service." 

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court extended the state's mail in ballot deadline to November 6, 3 days after the election on the same day. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18, 2020. Human beings mourned worldwide as the Supreme Court hanged in the balance. Affirmative action, voting rights, and other rights could be eroded by a reactionary new justice. Early voting starts in many states on September 20, 2020. Ranking choice voting comes to Maine via the Maine Supreme Court. Biden had his first virtual fundraiser on October 1, 2020. By October 1-2, Trump and the first Lady Melania Trump test positive for the coronavirus. Biden and Harris campaigned in Phoenix, Arizona which started a bus tour in the state. Trump is known for his habitual lying by calling Kamala Harris a communist and a monster on October 8, 2020. On that day, the FBI arrested 13 armed militia members who plotted to kidnap governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan over her policy of dealing with the pandemic. On November 1, 2020, the Texas Supreme Court rejected a petition submitted by Texas state representative Steve Toth and 2 other Republican candidates running of office, who are wanting to invalidate nearly 127,000 drive thru votes in Harris County, Texas. Trump supporters used vehicles to block traffic in many places from Texas to New York. Deadlines for mail in ballots for many states end by November 2, 2020.  To the end, many Republicans seek to prevent many votes in Texas to be counted, but they failed. Election Day was on November 3, 2020. Lines existed. Most states' deadlines for mail in voting were on Election Day. Judge Sullivan ordered the U.S. Postal Service to sweep mail facilities in key swing states to find mail in ballots.  

By the early night, many people were concerned that Trump would ink out a small victory. Yet, 2020 a'int 2016. The first sign of this change was when Arizona was called early to flip from Trump to Biden by 11:20 pm. by FOX News of all places. The people voted nationwide. There were long lines. There were people sacrificing their time to vote. Provisional ballots were counted. Poll workers, pollbook operators, greeters, election captains, and other people worked long hours to make sure that this election would have the highest turnout in American history. 

 

Results Coming in

 

November 3, 2020 was the date of the start of the end of the 2020 Presidential Election. No one knew the winner originally. Many states were too close to call. Biden addressed his supporters and urged patience that the vote will come. He is confident that he would win the election. Immediately, Donald Trump said that he won the election which is a total lie. Trump hypocritically claims that he won the election, but wants the voting to stop which would deprive millions of voters (both Biden and Trump supporters) their right to have their votes counted. The Associated Press on November 4th projected Biden to have won Arizona. Absentee and mail in ballots continue to be counted in many states. On the day of November 4, Trump officials filed a lawsuit to try to stop the voting in Michigan. They want a recount in Wisconsin. They (or Trump officials) sued in Georgia. They sued in Pennsylvania. These actions are not actions of a person who is confident. Trump knows that he lost this election,  but he is arrogant and a habitual liar. On the same day, Biden won Michigan and Wisconsin which once were in it for Trump in 2016. This flip is historical and represents the sign that change has come. Protests by pro-Trump supporters were in Arizona, because these Trump supporters want every vote counted. Biden called for calm on November 5, 2020. The courts readily dismiss Trump's challenges and lawsuits. There is no evidence of a conspiracy of massive voting fraud in the 2020 election. By November 6, 2020, Biden's votes greatly excel Trump in Pennsylvania and Georgia. By November 7, after Biden wins Pennsylvania, Biden is over the required 270 electoral votes to be named President elect. 

Kamala Harris is the new Vice President elect. Both candidates have the most popular votes received by a Presidential candidate in history. Many people, in various, areas of America celebrate in Atlanta, in NYC, in Philadelphia, in Detroit, in D.C. , and in other locations of America. Trump refuses to concede. Biden gave a message of reconciliation of wanting to end the harsh rhetoric in desiring for Americans to come together. Kamala Harris gave a powerful speech at night at Wilmington, Delaware to praise the victory. Trump supporters protested in front of various state capitol buildings in America. Nevada and Georgia go for Biden. Georgia had its recount as its victory was narrow. The MAGA hate rallies existed in D.C. on November 14, 2020. Trump lied and said that Biden has won because the election is rigged. Obviously, the election was not rigged. Now, we have the Biden transition team continuing to work on their policies, propose cabinet members, and desire their changes in America (including to eliminate pro-Trump executive orders that promoted the Muslim ban, etc.). 

 

One of the most important elections of our time is the 2020 United States Senate runoff election in Georgia. Georgia is a much more progressive state than even 10 years ago. The runoff races are Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock vs. Republican Kelly Loeffler and Democrat Jon Ossoff vs. Republican David Perdue. This election is a microcosm of the future of America. If the Democrats win, they will control the Senate and the 2 branches of the United States government (i.e. the executive and legislative branches). If the Republicans win, it would be difficult for a Biden administration to pass progressive legislation. Black people contributed the most for a Biden victory in Georgia. Now, the runoff elections will start by January 5, 2021. This is an interesting time to be alive. Millions of dollars are coming into both runoff races. Like usual, the Republicans Loeffler and Perdue have resorted to red baiting, McCarthyite rhetoric in trying to lie about Warnock and Ossoff. We know that Perdue mocked Kamala Harris' name in a disrespectful way. We know that Loeffler lied and said that every progressive wants to harm nuclear families, form Marxism (when people have the right to agree or disagree with Marxism. That is part of free speech rights. I don't agree with Marxism), and ruin American society. Loeffler is a staunch Donald Trump supporter (who has spewed vile racist, sexist, and xenophobic words for years). Loeffer made the lie that Black Lives Matter collectively is about the removal of Jesus from church, the disruption of nuclear families, promotes violence, and harbored anti-Semitic views. These words are the talking points of the far right. To answer that, I am a person who is a product of a nuclear family. 

Yet, my nuclear family shouldn't be used as some prop to disrespect other types of families. Anti-Semitism is wrong, but calling for the liberation of Palestinian people isn't anti-Semitic. Righteous Jewish people and righteous Arabic people desire peace in the Middle East without terrorism and without occupation. No one who is Jewish or Arabic should be oppressed in the Middle East or anywhere on Earth period. No rational person wants to eliminate Jesus from churches. Violence done by crooked cops and white racists are readily ignored by the far right politicians like Perdue and Loeffler. Peaceful protests  are not related to violence. Loeffler only wants the American flag to jersey and licensed apparel. That is silly, because people should have the right to have the American flag or political messages on their jerseys. Loeffler hypocritically lectures others on divisiveness, but she supports the divisive political figure of Trump. 

 

Trump has defended the Confederate flag and Confederate statues. The WNBA has issued a statement disagreeing with Kelly Leoffler's views. Ossoff (who is Jewish) said that Perdue made an anti-Semitic remark about him. Progressives like Stacey Abrams and others are organizing a get out the vote program to increase voter turnout, because less voter turnout has historically been part of runoff elections. Cliff Albright is the co-founder of Black Votes Matters in Atlanta, Georgia. He said that the election will come down to turnout. Voting matters. That is why Georgia has turned blue now. Rev. Raphael Warnock is the pastor of Atlanta's famous Ebenezer Baptist church where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his father preached at during the 1960's. Ossoff exposed Perdue as being investigated for insider trading, his refusal to take the pandemic seriously, and and his other policies. Helen Butler is the leader of the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda. She said that younger voters growing contributed to the victory of the Democrats in Georgia. The Black Lives Matter protests, after the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, inspired the youth to vote in higher numbers too.  Republican voter suppression efforts failed to make Georgia red. The ultimate point is that the sports world and all of us can't be silent. Silence is betrayal, and we have the right to use our action to stand up for freedom and justice. You can't stop change. Georgia is changing, and Georgia is a progressive state of the South. 

  

The Future of America 

 

Over 80 million people voted for a ticket that made history on November 7, 2020. Providentially, this year is 100 years after women were allowed the right to vote via the 19th Amendment and 55 years after the Voting Rights Act was passed (which protected the voting rights of black Americans and every American citizen). With tons of people celebrating (in cities like Philadelphia, New York, Wilmington, Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Oakland, San Francisco, Milwaukee, etc.) and Biden and Harris giving their powerful, eloquent speeches, it is clear that the people have spoken that change ought to come. Nothing will be the same again. I think about 2020 overtly being compared to a roller-coaster ride. From the pandemic to protests against police terrorism, 2020 ended with a victory against Trumpism. It has been almost 40 years since the growth of the Reagan Revolution. After 40 years, now we can witness the end of that Revolution. Trump is a deceitful, mean spirited person. Trump has glorified armed militias who stormed capitols, called black women horrible names (like dogs, low IQ, etc.), cursed out athletes who peacefully knell in protest, and brags about grabbing women in their private areas (on tape). Trump is a disgrace. Trump lost the 2016 vote by about 3 million votes, he lost the 2020 election by about 6 million votes, and he was impeached for obstruction of justice by 229 votes. Also, Trump was impeached for abuse of power by 230 votes. So, his corruption is well known. This time won't be easy, but we are certainly up for the challenge. Voter suppression efforts failed, racism failed to stop voters, and the victors represent a wide spectrum of American people who have a fidelity to truth.  

  

"...Women who fought and sacrificed so much for equality, liberty and justice for all, including the Black women, who are often, too often overlooked, but so often prove that they are the backbone of our democracy. All the women who worked to secure and protect the right to vote for over a century: 100 years ago with the 19th Amendment, 55 years ago with the Voting Rights Act and now, in 2020, with a new generation of women in our country who cast their ballots and continued the fight for their fundamental right to vote and be heard...Because now is when the real work begins. The hard work. The necessary work. The good work. The essential work to save lives and beat this pandemic. To rebuild our economy so it works for working people. To root out systemic racism in our justice system and society. To combat the climate crisis. To unite our country and heal the soul of our nation.And the road ahead will not be easy. But America is ready, and so are Joe and I...." 

-Kamala Harris' November 7, 2020 speech at Wilmington, North Carolina 

I want to recognize the tons of black women who made this day possible. Without black women, no one in the human race would exist literally, so we always honor their contributions to world history. People in general ought to realize that we witness a new chapter in our American story. Finally, the Trump regime will soon be over. As we near the quarter mark of this new century, we contemplate what is going on in this age. We see the development of a further multicultural, democratic America, we see problems that must be solved, and we see the power of black activism that contributed heavily in voting out the Trump administration. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (at Wilmington, Delaware on the celebratory night of November 7th) presented to the world social commentaries about the necessity to work together in solving our problems and fulfilling the Dream that our forefathers and foremothers fought for. The Dream lives on in us. No one can stop destiny, and I knew that Kamala Harris would rise to the occasion.

 

 

Spiritual Heroes 

 

We live in a new decade. The 2020s will be a time of revelation of innovation. There are always those who love to disrespect believers in God. Yet, we have the faith to carry onward. We are never ashamed to believe in God. For thousands of years, spiritual leaders have changed the world in positive ways. Many people unfortunately scapegoat Christianity collectively for everything under the sun. One common lie is that these haters say are the following words:  Christianity is the white man's religion, Christianity caused the slave trade, and Christianity is complicit in all of the evils of the world. How can we refute these old lies? That would be easy. We should only use history, logic, and truth. Christianity was born in the Middle East during the peak of the Roman Empire. Jesus Christ was its founder. Jesus Christ and the original apostles never supported slavery or the slave trade.  A lot of people forget that the original Christians were victims of oppression by the Roman Empire. During the Roman Empire, many Christians were slaves, persecuted, discriminated against by numerous pagan people, and some were fed to the lions in the Roman Colosseum for their faith in God. Some Christians were crucified during the days of Nero and Diocletian. The true essence of Christianity is to be a believer, to spread the Gospel, to help the sick, to assist the poor, and to be a living witness to the light of God. There is no justification to kidnap innocent people, to enslave innocent people, and to oppress any human being at any circumstance. These haters forget that slavery existed in pagan societies like the Roman Empire, in ancient Greece, and in ancient Egypt (where many slaves were black Nubians being oppressed. Yet, the Hoteps are silent about that, and they are silent on some ancient Egyptian pharaohs having incest). Many of these ancient empires had incest, imperialism, discrimination, and other evils that the skeptics omit. Should this be blamed on all pagans? Of course not. Therefore, all Christians shouldn't be blamed for the Maafa, the genocide of Native American people, or the Shoah. 

Slavery didn't originate with Christianity. The Maafa originated from Portugal via the Roman Catholic Church that distorted Christianity as a means for them to enact the evil of the Maafa. Therefore, Christianity is an universal faith where anybody can join regardless of race, sex, age, nationality, or culture. The Bible is rather clear on this fact: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28). The Old Scriptures are clear that God is no respector of persons. Romans 2:11 says that, "For there is no respect of persons with God." II Chronicles 6:32-33 is further clear that, "Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that ALL PEOPLE OF THE EARTH MAY KNOW THY NAME, AND FEAR THEE, AS DOTH THY PEOPLE ISRAEL..." Forever, I believe in Black Love and Black Unity too. Without black people, the human race would have never existed in the first place. These haters forget that some of the great leaders of ending slavery in many places of the world, scientists, labor rights activists, civil rights activists, etc. were Christians like Harriet Tubman, Theodore S. Wright, John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hamer, and other brave souls. That is why it is important to always show the reality of spiritual heroes who sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Even today, religious persecution is commonplace in many places of the world. The victims of modern day persecution are not just Christians. They are Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and religious minority groups who are the victims of religious persecution. That is evil as religious freedom is always a fundamental human right that must be protected unconditionally. In America, many of us are blessed to not go through that level of anti-religious persecution, but we have to be prepared for anything because we are living in the end times. Our goal in life is to love God, do righteousness, and help our neighbors. 

 

 

William Tyndale

 

William Tyndale was a Bible translator and one of the greatest heroes of religious freedom in history. He lived from ca. 1494 to 1536. He helped to translate the Bible into English. Also, he risked his life in order for people to have religious freedom. He was executed, because he translated the Bible into English. Back then, mostly priests or the wealthy had access to the Bible in Europe. He was influenced by Erasmus and Martin Luther's work. He was a leader of the Protestant Reformation. Tyndale worked hard to study Greek and Hebrew. Many Greek speaking intellectuals traveled into Europe after the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Tyndale's translation was the first English Bible to use directly from Hebrew and Greek texts. He challenged the hegemony of the Catholic Church and the law of England maintaining the church's position. He wrote literature like The Obedience of a Christian Man in 1528. He lived in Flemish lands after fleeing England. Tyndale's Bible was heavily used for the creation of the later King James bible. William Tyndale studied at Oxford University and had his B.A. in 1512. He was a sub-deacon. He was Master of Arts in July 1515. He was a righteous man. Tyndale was fluent in French, Greek, Hebrew, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Tyndale opposed the king's annulment of England. Later, he was betrayed, strangled to death, tied to the stake, and burned. Tyndale didn't believe in prayer to saints. He didn't believe that the Scriptures could only be interpreted by approved authorities as he stated, that he deified the Pope and his laws. The Tyndale New Testament was created in 1525. Back in those days, it was illegal in England to translate the Bible in English. Tyndale said that baptism must be preceded by repentance, faith, and confession which is true. He believed that the bread and wine of the Lord's Supper are memorials only. Tyndale wanted the King to wake up before his death. William Tyndale continued in his faith throughout his life. 

 

 

Fannie Lou Hamer

 

Fannie Lou Hamer also used her spiritual faith to inspire her to fight for freedom. She was a leader who was courageous in every sense of the world. She fought for voting rights and the rights of women. She worked in the community and stood up against the Democratic establishment when she wanted the Freedom Democratic Party to have fair representation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. She also organized Mississippi's Freedom Summer along with the SNCC. Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi. She experienced racism and sharecropping. All of the time she used spiritual hymnals and quotes to led the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. Hamer never backed down. She was assaulted by racists and the police. She was harassed, shot at, and lied about. Yet, the spirit of a heroic black woman can never be broken. She flew with power, eloquence, and black Southern determination to bear witness for the truth and to fight for human justice simultaneously. Fannie Lou Hamer loved to promote cooperatives. Also, she fought against the Vietnam War as an unjust war. She loved to read and recite poetry. She was a victim of a forced hysterectomy by a doctor without her consent. In other words, she was a victim of forced sterilization. Her and her husband adopted 2 black girls. Malcolm X always praised Hamer including Gloria Richardson, because Malcolm X knew that black women being leaders for our freedom must always be respected plus recognized. Fannie Lou Hamer fought for agricultural development, housing rights, and nutrition for Americans. She was a powerful warrior for freedom. 

 

 

Harriet Tubman

 

Harriet Tubman was always a spiritual person. When she was a slave, she prayed for freedom. Later, she escaped bondage, and not only did she free other black human beings. She led an Union force to defeat Confederate forces during the American Civil War. She led 13 mission to rescue about 70 people. She was one leader of the Underground Railroad that helped to save lives. She was a suffragist who wanted women to vote. She was born in the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Her grandmother was Modesty. Her sisters were Linah, Mariah Ritty, Soph, and Rachel. Her brothers were Robert, Ben, and Henry including Moses. People called her Moses. Harriet Tubman even guided many people into Canada. She knew Frederick Douglas and John Brown (she helped him to form the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry). Her role in the Combahee Ferry raid during the Civil War liberated more than 700 black human beings. That was in South Carolina. Her grandmother Modesty came from Africa. She loved his black husband Nelson Charles Davis form North Carolina. He was a private in the 8th United States Colored Infantry Regiment from September 1863 to November 1865. She always had faith in God, as Harriet Tubman was married at the Central Presbyterian Church. She loved the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Auburn, New York. She lived until 1913. Her final words were, "I go to prepare a place for you." She was buried with semi-military honors at Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn New York. 

 

 

Reverend Howard Washington Thurman

 

Reverend Howard Washington Thurman (1899-1981) was a prominent religious leader. He was involved in many social justice movements. He was one of the people who inspired Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s views. Thurman believed in radical nonviolence, and he was a mentor to Dr. King and other civil rights leaders. He was dean of Rankin Chapel at Howard University from 1932 to 1944. He was dean of Marsh Chapel at Boston University from 1953 to 1965. In 1944, he co-founded along with Alfred Frisk, the first major interracial, interdenominational church in America. He was born in Daytona Beach, Florida. His grandmother was a slave. He graduated from Morehouse College as a valedictorian in 1923. He preached at Roanoke, Virginia and in other places. He moved into Atlanta, Georgia. He traveled the world. The helped to form the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples in San Francisco by 1944. Many in the congregation were African Americans who migrated to San Francisco from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas who wanted jobs in the defense industry. The church helped to create a new community for many in San Francisco. Rev. Thurman was an author. He wrote 20 books on theology, religion, and philosophy. His famous work was the book Jesus and the Disinherited from 1949. This influenced Dr. King and other civil rights leaders in the modern Civil Rights Movement. Thurman was a classmate and friend of Dr. King's father at Morehouse College. Thurman was a spiritual advisor to Dr. King, Sherwood Eddy, James Farmer, A. J. Muste, and Pauli Murray. He had children. His last wife named Sue Bailey Thurman was an author, lecturer, historian, civil rights activist, and founder of Aframerican Women's Journal. She passed away in 1996. Rev. Thurman was a great theologian. He focused on his path of spiritual growth and justice. 

  

Rev. Carolyn Ann Wright

 

Dr. Carolyn Ann Knight was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He worked hard in theological training. She earned her doctorate of Ministry degree from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. She started her religious training at Colgate Rochester Divinity School in Rochester, New York. She has preached the gospel at the Mount Gilead Baptist Church in Denver under the leadership of the Reverend Acen L. Philips. She has preached also in Dallas, Rochester, and Harlem. She is the founder and President of CAN DO!. That is a ministry that helps the out and young adults culturally, socially, intellectually, and spiritually. 

 

 

Richard Allen

 

Richard Allen was a bishop, an educator, and writer. He was the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) in 1791. That was the first independent black denomination in America. He opened his first AME church in Philadelphia. He lived from 1760 to 1831. He wanted black people to worship without racial oppression, and he opposed slavery. He formed Sabbath schools to teach literacy and promotion national organizations to develop political strategies. He was born into slavery. He joined the Methodists early on and preached the Gospel. Later, Allen was free from slavery. His first wife was Flora. Later, he married Sarah Bass from Virginia. Sarah Allen was the mother of the church. Rev. Richard Allen was an abolitionist. He worked with Methodist preacher Absolom Jones. They helped to form an independent church for black people. Allen and Sarah Allen operated a station on the Underground Railroad for slaves who escaped for freedom. After racists harmed black people in Cincinnati in 1829, many black people fled into Canada. Allen and his church including the Negro Convention gave aid to settlements in Canada. Richard Allen was one of the greatest early black Americans with his contributions to society. 

 

 

Fred Shuttlesworth

 

The late Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth was a giant of social activism. He fought to defeat Jim Crow apartheid. He preached at Birmingham, Alabama. As a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he worked in the Birmingham Campaign of 1963 and in the Selma movement. By 1961, he worked in Cincinnati, Ohio to fight poverty and homelessness. He lived from 1922 to 2011. He was born in Mount Meigs, Alabama. He was a pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham in 1953 and was part of the Alabama state chapter of the NAACP. He and Ed Gardner formed the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR). Shuttlesworth was threatened by racists in the 1950's. Also, his home was blown up, and Shuttlesworth earned a B.A. in 1951 from Selma University. His allies were civil rights leaders like Joseph Lowery, T.J. Jemison, Ella Baker, Dr. King, and other leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. He was in the sit ins and the Freedom Rides. He worked with Diana Nash. Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth worked in Greater New Light Baptist Church in 1966. He helped families to find housing. He received awards too. He loved his wife and children. He married Sephira Bailey in 2006. He retired, and later he passed away on October 5, 2011 at the age of 89 at Birmingham, Alabama. His flags were flown half staff in Alabama. He was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Birmingham. As a hero and icon, Rev.Fred Shuttlesworth remains a great person.  

 

Rev. James Lawson

 

Rev. James Lawson Jr. has lived on this Earth for 92 years on this Earth. He was an university professor who for over 60 years fought for freedom and justice. She believed in the nonviolence tactic of the Civil Rights Movement. Even during the funeral of the late John Lewis during the Summer of 2020, Rev. James Lawson never backed down from his commitment to nonviolent resistance. Later, he was a mentor to the Nashville Student Movement and the Student Nonvilent Coordinating Committee. His activism caused him to be expelled from Vanderbilt University in 1960. Rev. James Lawson was born in 1928. He has been a pastor in Los Angeles for 25 years. The Bible does cite helping the poor, standing up for justice, and believe in rejecting injustice. He was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. He grew up in Massillon, Ohio. Rev. James Lawson worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on many endeavors from protests to the 1968 Memphis Sanitation strike. The 1968 Memphis strike was about black sanitation workers being tired of lacking wages and human dignity. They were discriminated against, mocked, and hated on, but they had every right to protest for union rights and just plain human rights. The reactionary mayor Henry Leob refused to unionize the workers, but the Memphis workers won the battle after the evil 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rev. Lawson studied theology all throughout his life. He trained many of the future leaders of the Civil Rights Movement at Nashville like Diane Nash, James Bevel, Bernard Lafayette, Marion Barry, and John Lewis.  Rev. Lawson has worked in the labor rights and other movements too. He certainly educated many people to fight for our rightful liberation. 

 

 

Rev. Prathia Laumann Hall

 

Rev. Prathia Hall Wynn (1940-2002) was a great civil rights leader, womanist theologian and ethicist. She was the key inspiration for Dr Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech.  She was raised in Philadelphia where his father was Baptist preacher who believed in social justice. Her father believed in racial justice, and he regarded her as his successor. He inspired Rev. Wynn to pursue religion and social justice. Prathia wanted to integrate religion and freedom together. She was inspired by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. When she saw the segregated South in the age of 5, she witnessed the worst kind of racial discrimination. Hall wanted to join the Civil Rights Movement as a teenager. She protested segregation at Annapolis, Maryland where she was arrested. She graduated from Temple with a degree in political science. She was part of SNCC and worked with Charles Sherrod in Southwest Georgia. She was shot at by bigots and jailed by racists in Georgia. She taught at freedom schools and registered voters. She had a great oratorical power and was part of the Albany Movement in the state of Georgia. She was in Selma, and left SNCC in 1966 after SNCC backed  from embracing nonviolence as a way of life. She married Ralph Wynn. She earned Master of Divinity, Master of Theology, and Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. She pastored at Philadelphia. She was one of the first women ordained in the American Baptist Association. She preached passionately in America until her dying day. She passed away at 62 in 2002. Prathia Hall was a lover of freedom with a powerful voice. 

 

 

By Timothy