"The Sad Truth About Thanksgiving..."

A FATEFUL ENCOUNTER

Truths about the 1st Thanksgiving

What you learned about the ‘first Thanksgiving’ isn’t true. Here’s why

A man without a tribe: The true story of Squanto

What is the National Day of Mourning?

4 myths about the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving

Pilgrims’ arrival in Provincetown 400 years ago spawned culture clash

The National Day of Mourning in Plymouth

In 1974, National Day of Mourning protesters reclaimed the Wampanoag human remains that were being kept in the Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, MA. Native American Wamsutta Frank James, center, is pictured carrying the box.  Photo credit: Kisha James

For the descendants of Native Americans and enslaved African Americans, the celebration of Thanksgiving should be a reminder of all of America's wrongdoings from her very founding, evils that are still a plague to the nation today.

"We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us..."

Malcolm X, 1964

(As paraphrased by Denzel Washington in "Malcolm")

"Fear Eats the Soul"