TRANSATLANTIC ENSLAVEMENT FREEDOM DAYS
A celebration of Juneteenth and Caribbean American Heritage Month

PRESS RELEASE




* Barbados    *Brazil    * Cuba    * Haiti   

* Jamaica    * Trinadad    * United States of America    * Virgin Islands

Jack Gaines will deliver a messasge on "Biblical
Reconciliation" at the National Juneteenth
Prayer Breakfast during the National Day of
Reconciliation & Healing From the Legacy of Enslavement
at the nation's capitol
(Click for WASHINGTON JUNETEENTH Calendar of Events)

Charisma Magazine
Let Forgiveness Come First
by Jack Gaines     November, 2000



Click above purchase a copy of
"My Brothers Keeper Not My Brothers Killer"
by Pastor Jack Gaines

Charisma Magazine
Remembering Juneteenth
by Felicia Mann     June 19, 2009

Essence Magazine
Congress Honors Slaves Who Built U.S. Capitol
By Cynthia Gordy     June 17, 2010

Photo By Charles Dharapak
President Bush peers through 'The Door of No Return' where
slaves passed through to board ships taking them abroad.
(AP)

USA Today Newspaper
Bush: 'Slavery a Great Crime'
By Associated Press (AP)     July 8, 2003

Del. Frank Hargrove, R-Hanover, speaks on the floor of the House
during the session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday. (AP)

Boston Globe Newspaper
Va. lawmaker who said blacks should ’get over’ slavery proposes celebrating Juneteenth
Associated Press    January 23, 2007


Virginia Juneteenth
State Holiday Observance Resolution


Daily Progress Newspaper
Hargrove proposes resolution to celebrate end of slavery
Bob Gibson    January 23, 2007

Washington Post
Senate Backs Apology for Slavery
Resolution Specifies That It Cannot Be Used in Reparations Cases
By Krissah Thomas     June 19, 2009

U.S. Senate Apology For Slavery
(Unanimously passed on 6/18/09)

James Cameron, the oldest known lynching survivor, speaking at a
special press conference with members of the U.S. Senate during the
week of the observance of Juneteenth 2005.
(6/13/05)

Washington Post
A Senate Apology for History on Lynching
Vote Condemns Past Failure to Act
by Avis Thomas-Lester   June 14, 2005



Historic Congressional Apology For Slavery

Rev., Dr. Myers seen to the right of Congressman Tony Hall (D-OH)
during the historic announcement of legislation for a Congressional
Apology for Slavery on "Juneteenth"
6/19/00.

Charisma Magazine
U.S. House Member Renews Call for Apology for Slavery
by Adrienne S. Gaines    September, 2000




M. Jacques Chirac,right, President of the Republic of France, is shown here with
M. John Agyekum Kufuor, left, the President of the Republic of Ghana in a 2005 meeting.

Westside Story Newspaper
France Commemorates Slavery and Its Abolition As A National Day Of Remembrance
Empire News Network    September 28, 2006


The Washington Times
Somber ceremony marks slavery's end
by Denise Barnes    June 22, 2003

District Chronicles.com
Juneteenth, A Day of Remembrance, Celebration
By Angel Wilson    June 26, 2003



African Leader Atones For the Legacy of Slavery


In 1999 Benin President Mathieu Kérékou called for a historic
gathering of spiritual leaders to atone--to Africans of the Diaspora--for the legacy
of slavery. His intention was to heal his nation of any economic and spiritual famine
caused by slavery, oppression and injustice.




Charisma Magazine
The Apology That Shook A Continent
by Addrienne Gaines     March, 2000

Charisma Magazine
A Prophetic Perspective
by Mark Pollard     November, 2000

Charisma Magazine
The History America Chose to Forgot
by Valerie G. Lowe     November, 2000

Charisma Magazine
Let Forgiveness Come First
by Jack Gaines     November, 2000


Charisma Magazine
Marchers Apologize For 'African Holocaust'
by Clive Price     March, 2007


Orlando Ridout IV, left, a descendant of a slave auctioneer, embraces
Chris Haley, right, a descendant of Kunta Kinte's, and Kunta Kinte Foundation
official Leonard Blackshear.
(Mark Gail -- The Washington Post)

Washington Post
The Roots of Reconciliation
by Christian Davenport     September 30, 2004

Charisma Magazine
British Evangelist Treks Across United States Repenting for Slavery
by Peter K. Johnson     May, 2004