• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Debbie Hines, Trial Attorney, Former Prosecutor, Speaker and Legal Analyst

  • Home
  • Attorney Profile
  • Practice Areas
  • Media
  • Blog
  • Contact

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Honors Supporters of Avoice

By debbie on February 11, 2011

 

Everyone’s history is important.  Yet, the history of African Americans has often been left out of the history books or revised to reflect a half truth or no truth.  Avoiceonline.org will preserve the legacy of the Congressional Black Caucus and their role in the shaping of political and legislative participation in the United States.  AVoiceonline  is the Congressional Black Caucus’ virtual online library in partnership with Dell and Howard University. There has been a recent trend towards revising history known as revisionism.  In the history of African Americans, revisionism is nothing new.   Often, African Americans were left out of history. In earlier history books, mention was rarely made of anyone black other than Frederick Douglas and perhaps, one other black figure.  And if blacks are not careful, they will be written out of history again. As a modern example, the history of the black slaves who built the Capitol would have been left out of the newly built Capitol Visitor’s Center without the recent efforts of Jesse Jackson and others, according to Rep. Emanuel  Cleaver  II (D. MO).   Although, February is black history month, blacks celebrate and live black history every month of the year. African American history is world history, national history and local history.  108 nations now celebrate Martin Luther King’s legacy. 

 On February 9, 2011, members of the Congressional Black Caucus and guests  of the CBCF came together to honor founder, Ron V.  Dellums,  Dr.  Debra Newman Ham, professor of history at Morgan State University and the Coca-Cola Company for its commitment to public discourse on African American history. Dr. Ham is an archivist and black history specialist at the National Archives.  In accepting his Avoice award, former Congressman Ron Dellums stated that the next generation will be able to see that principles of integrity do not have to be compromised in order to reach goals.  Dellums  said AVoice is also for the next generation of idealists and dreamers.  

AVoice is the premier source of information on historical and contemporary policy issues for researchers, students, academics and all interested in knowing about history. In addition to creating a tool for researchers and students, the site also offers exhibits of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday bill which shows the 15 hard years and work to bring about the federal holiday to honor Dr. King.  It showcases the South African Anti-Apartheid Movement, the Voting Rights Act, Women of the CBC , origins of the CBC and the Environmental Justice Movement, to name a few.   Beyond the archival role, the project has further extended to offering public programs and workshops to further cultivate the dialogue on African American leadership.

Proceeds and donations   will help digitize more documents.  Donations of even small amounts will help ensure that African American history of the Caucus is not re-written, revised, or omitted. Tax deductible donations as small as $10 will help to archive documents.   Digital history is the means to preserve African American history for  today, tomorrow and forever.

Debbie Hines is an attorney, legal and political commentator. She also writes for the Huffington Post.  She studied African American history at the University of Pennsylvania where she received a BA. She holds a Juris Doctorate from George Washington University Law School.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Subscribe to Blog

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Recent Posts

  • Rodney Reed and Why We Must End the Death Penalty
  • Lori Loughlin Didn’t Get the Memo
  • Why Amber Guyger’s Appeal Success is Unlikely
  • Florida Judge Temporarily Halts Voter Disenfranchisement Law
  • Mitch McConnell’s Chickens may be Soon Coming Home to Roost

Debbie Hines, Former Prosecutor and Trial Attorney

Practice Areas:
➾ Criminal and Civil Litigation
➾ Criminal
➾ Personal Injury
➾ Family Law
➾ Administrative Law

Follow us on Social Media
iamdebbiehines iamdebbiehines iamdebbiehines iamdebbiehines

Practice Locations:
We service clients in primary locations including the District of Columbia and most counties in Maryland including Prince George’s, Montgomery, Anne Arundel, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Howard, Dorchester, Somerset, Talbot and Wicomico.

Disclaimer: Any information on this site does not constitute legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is established with the use of this site.

2019 © Law Offices of Deborah Hines (“Debbie Hines”) | 2101 L Street, N.W. Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20037

LegalSpeaks™ | Privacy Policy | Sitemap

Website Design by: VanStudios