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AMERICA, AIN’T ALWAYS BEEN FREE FOR ME. A Semiquincentennial Editorial Commemorating the Black Experience in America at 250. By Pastor Kyev P. Tatum, Sr. New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church • Fort Worth, Texas Reflecting on 250 Years of Independence Through the Lens of Black History. As America commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, millions of Americans will gather beneath red, white, and blue skies to celebrate the birth of a nation founded upon the ideals of liberty, equality, and self-government. We celebrate those ideals. But we cannot celebrate 250 years of freedom as though every American experienced them equally. History refuses to let us make that claim. For millions of Black Americans, independence in 1776 did not mean freedom. While the Declaration of Independence proclaimed that “all men are created equal,” slavery remained legal, and generations of African Americans lived in bondage—denied citizenship, voting rights, education, property...

  This is the richest place. It has all of our histories.” — Pastor Kyev Tatum, Curator, The Digging for Dignity Juneteenth Find-A-Grave Legacy Project | CBS News:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilUnXZTwCww The Digging for Dignity Juneteenth Find-A-Grave Legacy Project Seeks Collaboration with the Texas Freedom Colonies Project to Launch a Statewide Pilgrimage to Record Freedmen Cemeteries. | Across Texas, Thousands of Black Stories Lie Beneath the Ground. A Fort Worth Pastor Wants the State to Find Them. FORT WORTH — Pastor Kyev Tatum has spent years walking among weathered headstones, unmarked graves and forgotten burial grounds, convinced that some of Texas’ greatest historical treasures are hidden in plain sight. Standing beneath the shade of the historic Togetherness Tree at the People’s Memorial Burial Park in Haltom City, Tatum often repeats the words that have become the guiding principle of the Digging for Dignity Juneteenth Find-A-Grave Legacy Project. “This is the...

ANNOUNCING THE SENIOR SAINTS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MINISTRY Prepared Today. Protected Tomorrow. A New Community Partnership of: New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church LULAC Council 22308 Ministers Justice Coalition of Texas In Partnership With: North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) Fort Worth Emergency Operations Center American Red Cross Protecting Our Senior Saints Before Disaster Strikes New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church is proud to announce the launch of the Senior Saints Emergency Preparedness Ministry , a collaborative community initiative dedicated to protecting the lives of our senior citizens through education, preparation, and service. This ministry is built on a simple belief: Prepared people are resilient people. Our goal is to ensure that 1,000 senior saints throughout Fort Worth are equipped with emergency preparedness tool kits and the knowledge needed to respond confidently during emergencies, severe weather events, power outages, and other ...