DECLARATION OF TRUTHS

We hereby announce, in this moment—considered by so many to be the anniversary of America’s founding moment—the formation of a new congress of Descendants of enslaved ancestors:

THE DESCENDANTS FORUM

In so doing, we

REMEMBER

that enslaved ancestors did not rejoice in 1776, and that they instead survived 1776.

And we

RESOLVE

to continue the work which those ancestors began nonetheless as Americans who believed in, dreamed of, and fought for

LIBERTY & JUSTICE

for all.