Congress shall make no laws no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people to peacefully assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Two come first, which is where religious freedom is often called americas first freedom. Why religious freedom is often called americas first freedom. Establishment actually comes even before religious freedom. Often, people dont understand what establishment is. Now, in 1833, massachusetts disestablished. And what that means is people no longer had to pay taxes to support my own religious ancestors, the congregationalists. Now, if you want to know why establishment went away, imagine how popular it was to pay taxes for somebody elses preacher. Right . That is one of the reasons it went away. But also, that is a period in American History of revivalism. People started going to camp meetings, they started lifting i
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people to peacefully assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The two, establishment of religion and free exercise come first which is why religious freedom is often called americas first freedom. And establishment actually comes even before religious freedom. It often people understand what establishment is. Now, in 1833, massachusetts disestablished, and what that means is people no longer had to pay taxes to support my own religious ancestors, the congregationalists. Former religion come everybody sitting like this. There is a liturgy, when you rather go to a camp meeting and sang . So that is the end of establishment in that sense. It is not, as we will see this evening, the end of issues about establishment. Similarly, free exercise of religion is difficult for people to unde
Expanded to black History Month. We would like to thank our sponsors. They include the prince georges truth branch. Usa today. And the law and policy group. We would also like to thank all of those people who make black history happen all year round. The year of 2019 is special for many reasons. We will explore those reasons in two parts. Part i, well talk about the theme for black History Month this year, and that is black migrations. Our press event also includes a panel of scholars who will enlighten this occasion with their expertise on the 400 years of africanamerican perseverance and resilience triggered from that arrival of 20 africans in 1619. But first, if we have her here, were looking for the president of the National Press club, alison fitzgeraldcojak. If youll go get her. Who will come to give welcome in a few minutes. We are also honored to have the presence of dr. Loni g. Bunch iii. The founding director of the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture, and
Role in the vitality of this nation. And i shall read it for you. Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people to peacefully assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The two come first, which is where religious freedom is often called americas first freedom. Establishment actually comes even before religious freedom. Often people dont understand what establishment is. In 1833, massachusetts disestablished. What that means is people no longer had to pay taxes to support my own religious ancestors, the congregationalists. If you want to know why establishment went away, imagine how popular it was to pay taxes for somebody elses preacher. That is one of the reasons it went away. Also, that is a period in American History of revivalism. People started going to camp meetings, singing songs, and they didnt like having to sup
Here for black History Month. Now the association for the study of africanAmerican Life and history was founded by dr. Carter god win woodson i started as negro history week and now of course has been expanded to black History Month. We would like to thank our sponsors. They include the prince georges truth branch of u. S. A. Today and the law and policy group. We would also like to thank you all of those people who make black history happen all year round. The year 2019 is special for many reasons. We will explore those reasons in two parts. Part one will talk about the theme for black History Month this year, and that is black my grayings. Our press event also includes a panel of migrations, our press also includes includes scholars who will share their expertise on the 400 years of perseverance triggered by that migration. First, if we have her here, Allison Fitzgerald kojak. You will get her, she will come to give welcome in a few minutes. We are also honored to have the presence o