The National Christian Leadership Council (NJCLC) is an association of Christian leaders dedicated to promoting racial reconciliation and healing from the legacy of slavery through the observance of Juneteenth.

Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr. M. D,   Founder  & Chairman                                Clark Jones, Chair
Rev. Jack Gaines, D.D.,              Director of Reconciliation Ministry          NJCLC Washington Juneteenth Committee
Bishop Victor Smith,                  Co-Chair                                            Washington, DC
Rev. William Gwynn,                  Secretary                                          301-925-0008     301-789-7592
Rev Jesse Clarence Brown,         Esq Legislative Consultant                     clarkjones88@gmail.com
Bishop Dave Thomas,                Alaska Representative

    

The third Saturday in June shall be known as 'Juneteenth Independence Day' to
commemorate the end of over 200 years of slavery in the United States of America
and to demonstrate racial reconciliation and healing from the legacy of slavery."

WORLD DAY OF RECONCILIATION & HEALING
FROM THE LEGACY OF ENSLAVEMENT
Richmond, Virginia (USA) - Liverpool, England - Benin, West Africa

"Last Saturday in August"
August 28, 2010
www.worlddayofreconciliation.com


                  
RECONCILIATION STATUE
Richmond, VA

Commemorating the date the first slave ship, the White Lion, left the shores of Africa
during end of the month of August, 1619, with twenty Angolans, for the purpose of
seeking God in prayer for reconciliation and healing from the legacy of
enslavement around the world

Letter of Invitation to President Barack Obama

Getty Images Photo

Myers invites President Obama to speak at the
annual National Juneteenth Black Holocaust
"Maafa" Memorial Service in Washington, DC

White House Response to President Obama's Invitation
to Support Juneteenth



Response to President Obama's 2010 Juneteenth Statement
By Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D.




National Juneteenth Holiday Campaign
Chair Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D. is
asking Congress to enact legislation to
make Junteenth a national day of
observance in America.

As the descendent's of Americans of African descent, our ancestors were brought to America in chains. This should never be forgotten," states Dr. Myers. "Millions lost their lives during the middle passage, not to mention the thousands killed from lynching and murders before and after the civil war. One ponders as to why so little attention has been given to our own history of death and destruction in America."

History reveals that George Washington was a slave owner. Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner. Many of the founding fathers of America were slave owners. The US Capitol and the White House were built through the uncompensated labor of the ancestors of Americans of African descent during the tyranny of enslavement.

"In response, we have embraced the term "Maafa", a Kiswahili term meaning "Disaster" or "Terrible Occurrence",
to tell our own story about our enslavement and the sustained attempt to dehumanize us."

Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D.
Founder & Chairman
National Juneteenth Christian Leadership Council (NJCLC)

 

                                                                      What is the "MAAFA"?

The MAAFA is a Kiswahili term for "Terrible Occurrence" or "Great Disaster". It refers to the Black Holocaust when millions of Africans died during the journey of captivity from the west coast of Africa to the shores of America, known as the Middle Passage. Our ancestors died in the belly of slave ships or choose death by jumping into the sea rather than live in captivity.

It is a remembrance of the thousands of African Americans lynched and murdered before and after the end of enslavement. This especially includes the Red Summer of 1919 and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, considered the worst domestic terrorist event in U.S. history.

The National Juneteenth Black Holocaust "MAAFA" Memorial Service takes place in Washington, DC, during the National Day of Reconciliation and Healing From the Legacy of Enslavement. It is the National Day of Remembrance of the Maafa and occurs each year during the week of the Juneteenth Observance in America, on the "3rd Friday in June." The 2010 Memorial Service is scheduled for Friday, June 18, 2010, 11:30am, at Lincoln Park United Methodist Church, Rev. Dr. Diane Dixon-Proctor, Pastor, 1301 North Carolina Avenue, N.E., Washington, DC. The event is part of the 10th Annual 2010 WASHINGTON JUNETEENTH National Holiday Observance. The theme of the Memorial Service is "A Time To Heal, A Time To Pray.." 

   

                                                                          What is the Black Holocaust? 
                                                                          What is the Middle Passage? 


                                                                                          From the                             
                                                                           Black Holocaust Society

                                                                 "The Tulsa Race Riot"

     "The Rosewood Massacre"
     "The New Your Draft Riot"
        "The New Orleans Race Riot"
      "The Omaha Race Riot"
        "The Chicago Race Riot"
        "The Washington Race Riot"
          "The East St Louis Massacre"    

Jack Gaines delivered a message on "Biblical Reconciliation"
at the National Juneteenth Prayer Breakfast during the                                         National Day of Reconciliation and Healing From the Legacy of  Enslavement     at the nation's capitol.

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

Pastor Jack Gaines article, "Let Forgiveness Come First" was also printed in Charisma Magazine November, 2000

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

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

The remains of Colonial-era buildings, including the house that George Washington lived in when he was president, are exposed at an archaeological dig in front of the Liberty Bell Center, top right, in Philadelphia. Archaeologists have discovered a hidden passageway that was used by Washington's nine slaves. Matt Rourke, Photographer, Associated Press.  MSNBC - Associated Press Slave Passage was found under Washington's home. Hidden passageway was used by George Washington's nine slaves. Ribina Madan  June 7, 2007

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

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.

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)

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

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

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

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