Sharing common ground, promises unfulfilled but not forgotten, by Billy Keyserling with Mike Greenly
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- Keyserling, Billy -- Childhood and youth -- Biography
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Race relations -- History -- 21st century
- Mayors -- South Carolina -- Beaufort -- Biography
- Reconstruction Era National Historic Park (S.C.)
- Gullahs -- South Carolina -- Sea Islands -- History
- Southern States -- Race relations
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- South Carolina
- Keyserling family
- Race discrimination -- United States
- African Americans + Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Social conditions
- Beaufort (S.C.) -- History -- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Freed persons -- South Carolina -- Sea Islands -- History
- National parks and reserves -- South Carolina
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Sharing common ground, promises unfulfilled but not forgotten, by Billy Keyserling with Mike Greenly
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Main title
Sharing common ground
Oclc number
1227311134
Responsibility statement
by Billy Keyserling with Mike Greenly
Sub title
promises unfulfilled but not forgotten
Summary
"In a nation riled by deepening divides, Mayor Billy's book offers a new approach to helping citizens gain a shared understanding of our relationships and value to each other. 'Sharing Common Ground' is leading the engagement of Middle School students (grades 6-8) in discovering stories buried in American history. These young people are led to uncover, learn about and interactively share with each other (along with families, friends and communities) the untold and often mistold stories of freed slaves and their suffering and achievements in the Reconstruction era during and after the American Civil War. Education largely ignores these remarkable stories and what they can teach us about our fellow humans. Our students are not taught the success stories of the newfound freedom of the formerly enslaved and how the Jim Crow period stripped away the freedoms and stifled their resourcefulness through fear and intimidation. Regrettably, their descendants have no idea about where they came from and where they can go in the future based on their forbearer's ingenuity and successes." - https://sharingcommonground.com/
Table of contents
Foreword / Althea Natalga Sumpter, DAH -- Prologue: Sharing Common Ground -- What is the "Reconstruction Era National Historic Park" & why should you care? -- A fourth Civil Rights Movement -- Snapshot of Reconstruction history in Beaufort today -- Shaping my moral compass -- Striving to belong -- The freedom to grow up -- Finding my way -- Politics in the family: mother enters the political arena -- Political lessons -- A National historical Park is born -- Now that we have a National Historical Park, how can it inspire change? -- Afterword / Mike Greenly -- Emancipation Proclamation -- 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments, Overview -- Map: Reconstruction Era National Historical Park -- "Common Ground" lyrics
Target audience
general
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