From a change.org petition started by Brittany Dawson ~
On July 15, 1963 fifteen outstanding and brave adolescent girls took a stand for their rights and were imprisoned for it, enduring terrible conditions and circumstances while confined within an abandoned Civil War stockade – a large holding cell that contained a broken shower head and a broken toilet – located deep in the backwoods of Leesburg, Georgia. The women, then ages 12-15, ended up in the stockade after their participation in a 200-strong peaceful march from Friendship Baptist Church to the Martin Theater in Americus, GA to purchase tickets at the theater’s white entrance in protest of its segregation practices. While in custody, the girls were deprived of clean water, adequate food, proper hygiene, and contact with their families for two months.
Awarding this honor will send a powerful message about our nation’s fight for equality and justice that continues to this day. It will bring awareness to the younger generation and provide insight to the struggles these young women had to endure in order to receive the basic privileges we take for granted today.
A letter requesting nomination for the Presidential Medal of Freedom was sent to President Barack Obama on April 26, 2016 by Congressman Sanford Bishop, Congressman John Lewis, & Congressman Hank Johnson. Please support!
2016 Presidential Honor of Freedom Recommendation Letter
Follow this link to sign petition and PASS ON TO YOUR SOCIAL NETWORKS.
https://www.change.org/p/president-of-the-united-states-help-the-15-leesburg-stockade-women-receive-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom?recruiter=577295570&utm_source=share_for_starters&utm_medium=copyLink
I added my two cents and sent it to everyone I know and asked them to send it on. Those days are etched in my brain. Thanks for this. Do you have a link to the film?
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Great post!
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 12:26 PM, Peach Seed Monkey wrote:
> Anita Gail Jones posted: “. From a petition started by Brittany Dawson on > change.org ~ On July 15, 1963 fifteen outstanding and brave adolescent > girls took a stand for their rights and were imprisoned for it, enduring > terrible conditions and circumstances while confined wi” >