The Movement History Initiative

Our 2026 MHI Partner Convening has been filled with powerful conversations, thoughtful brainstorming, and big ideas about how we can continue to preserve these stories, amplify these voices, and connect the lessons of the movement to the work ahead.

We’re reminded that history isn’t just something we look back on. It’s something we carry forward. And when we make space for those who lived it to share their stories, we gain more than history we gain guidance, perspective, courage, and a roadmap for the future.

There is so much more to build, so much more to learn, and so many more voices to uplift!

Here’s to the conversations that spark action, to a movement whose history continues to inspire us, and to the people who carry its legacy forward with courage, purpose, and hope. ✊🏾

Not ready for June to end? (Us either!)

Check out the newest addition to our newsletter: Movement Makers!

Highlighting the work and efforts of people influenced by the grassroots organizing legacy of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC Legacy Project )!

In our second issue we are learning more about Jonathan Lykes, cultural organizer, musician, and co-founder of BYP 100 , who believes freedom music is essential organizing and movement work!

Learn more about Jonathan and BYP 100 by reading the lastest Movement Makers issue! 👉️ https://buff.ly/xzsjtY6

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Today we celebrate FREEDOM. ✊🏾✨

On June 19, 1865, the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas learned they were free. But Juneteenth is more than a moment in history—it is a reminder that the struggle for freedom, justice, and equality continues today.

We honor the generations who marched, organized, sacrificed, and dared to dream of a better future. Their courage lights the path forward and calls each of us to continue the work.

May we celebrate their legacy by building a world where freedom truly belongs to everyone.

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Check out more Freedom Movement Art at the Civil Rights Movement Archive (CRMA)! https://buff.ly/bfrk0QY \

Photo Captions:
-John Lewis Mural, Warner Robbins, Georgia 2022
-"We Shall Overcome" Artist & date unknown.
-Ella Baker, Poor Peoples Campaign banner, Created by Phoebe Rotter of Black Lives Matter, Vermont 2018
-The Chain Breakers by Sabrina Howard. COFO Bldg. Jackson, Mississippi
L-R: Alyce Clarke, Fannie Lou Hamer, Bob Moses Rose Robinson, Louise Marshall, Albert Powell
-The Chronicle, Honoring the history of the Black press, Marianne Di Napoli-Mylet, 2024, Winston-Salem, NC

All roads lead to the South.

Freedom Summer 2026 is here. Voting rights. Safety. Education. Housing. Economic freedom — all under attack at once. We are no longer citizens of this nation. We are founders of a new one.

Join us. Link in bio.

Educators For Strong Schools: Momentum From May Day · Mobilize **Hear lessons from educators in NC and WI building from their build up to the historic actions on May Day 2026 shutting down schools for massive May Day rallies and how we can build strong unions working towards the common good.** # # # Featured speakers include: - Bryan Proffitt (Vice President of t...

April may be over… but Movement Poetry lives on. ✊🏾✨

Explore this powerful African American poetry resource curated by the The Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project honoring voices that move, challenge, and inspire.

Check out some of our favorites and tap the link to discover more ! https://buff.ly/VW4nuNY

Join The Young People's Project for their annual Flagway and Math Playground Tournament!
May 16, 2026 | 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | MIT Campus (Cambridge, MA)

FREE EVENT! Register here: https://buff.ly/e05WhPb

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