WHEREAS, On January 13, 1903, 102 trailblazing Korean women, men, and child immigrants arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, on the S.S. Gaelic, to become the first members of a now thriving community of approximately 2 million in the United States; and WHEREAS, these first Korean immigrants came in search of a better life, and despite facing […]

WHEREAS, on July 26, 1990, the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) established a significant moment in our history by ensuring the civil rights of citizens with disabilities; and WHEREAS, without the collective efforts and resiliency of civil rights activists and disability rights supporters, pivotal precursor movements, such as the 504 Sit-Ins, could […]

WHEREAS, President Abraham Lincoln first issued the Emancipation Proclamation effective January 1, 1863, decreeing all people held as slaves be “henceforward” free, however, some southern enslavers ignored that order; and WHEREAS, Union General Gordon Granger was dispatched to Galveston, Texas to announce the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and on June 19, 1865 […]