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​"The Mother Of Us All! The Place Of Our Birth"
What you should know about the planet earth described In The Lyrics of  -Tracy Chapman:
"The Rape Of The World"

The earth is one!
​The planet was completely connected before a massive land separation occurred 
One race existed on this planet | The Human Race
The destuction of freedom and tranquility throughout the world was brought along due to the greed and inhumanity of colonisation
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Pangaea was a C-shaped supercontinent that existed approximately 335 to 200 million years ago uniting nearly all of Earth's landmasses into one. Surrounded by the massive Panthalassa ocean, it formed through tectonic plates colliding and broke apart due to rifting, creating the Atlantic Ocean and modern continents. 

Key Facts About Pangaea:
  • Breakup Process: The supercontinent fractured in stages. A three-pronged fissure separated Africa, South America, and North America. Magma rose through these weak points, forming the mid-Atlantic ridge and widening the Atlantic Ocean.
  • Evidence: The theory of Pangaea is supported by the puzzle-like fit of continental coastlines (especially Africa and South America), matching fossil records, and identical rock formations across oceans.
  • Climate & Life: Because of its immense size, the interior of Pangaea was likely arid and extreme, while the coasts were likely moist. It was the birthplace of early dinosaurs. 
  • Name Origin: Derived from Greek, meaning "all the Earth".
  • Timeframe: Assembled around 335 million years ago and began breaking apart about 200 million years ago during the Early Jurassic.
  • Geography: It was surrounded by a single, global ocean called Panthalassa.
Pangaea is the most recent in a cycle of supercontinents that have formed and broken apart throughout Earth's history.

UNDERSTANDING COLONIZATION

Colonized refers to the process where a powerful nation establishes control over a foreign territory, exploiting its resources and imposing foreign culture, government, and economic systems. Driven by desires for wealth, land, and religious expansion, this often involved violence and the subjugation of indigenous populations. Key impacts include long-term economic dependence, cultural erasure, and lasting political instability. 
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Key Characteristics of Colonization
  • Cultural Imposition: Native languages, religions, and traditions are replaced by those of the colonizer.
  • Settlement: Citizens from the colonizing nation move to and inhabit the new territory. 
  • Forcible Control: Powerful nations exert authority over weaker territories, often through military action.
  • Exploitation: Natural resources and labor are extracted for the benefit of the colonizing power.
Motivations for Colonization
  • Economic Gain: Seeking new markets, raw materials, and resources to fuel industrial growth.
  • Power and Prestige: Nations aimed to become global superpowers by expanding their territories.
  • Ideological/Religious Expansion: The desire to spread Christianity and "civilize" indigenous populations. 
Types of Colonization
  • Settler Colonialism: Large numbers of immigrants settle to permanently inhabit the land.
  • Exploitation Colonialism: Focused on extracting resources with fewer settlers. 
Long-Term and Political Impacts
  • Economic Dependency: Former colonies often struggle with economic structures designed for extraction rather than internal growth.
  • Political Instability: Arbitrary borders drawn by colonizers led to ethnic conflicts and weak,, post-colonial governments.
  • Cultural and Psychological Impact: Colonized people often suffered from diminished self-esteem and the marginalization of their own culture.
  • Lasting Inequality: While some infrastructure was built, it was primarily designed to serve the colonizer, creating enduring structural inequalities. ​
​Colonisation profoundly devastated Indigenous populations worldwide through violence, land theft, and systemic oppression, causing massive population declines. It forced the erasure of languages and cultural traditions, separated families, and created long-term, intergenerational trauma, poverty, and health disparities. Despite these impacts, many Indigenous communities demonstrate resilience and seek reparations. 

Key impacts include:
  • Cultural Genocide and Assimilation: Policies aimed to destroy cultures by banning languages and traditional practices, forcing children into residential schools, and separating families.
  • Socio-economic Disadvantage: Long-term impacts include higher rates of poverty, unemployment, lower life expectancy, and overrepresentation in the prison system compared to non-Indigenous populations.
  • Health Inequities: Colonization directly contributed to high rates of chronic disease, mental health issues, and malnutrition. 
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  • Population Decline and Violence: Violent invasion led to massacres, disease, and, in the Americas, an estimated 74% decrease in population between 1492 and 1800.
  • Dispossession of Land: Indigenous people were evicted from ancestral lands and forced onto reserves, missions, or into segregated areas, breaking the vital connection to country and tradition 
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Despite these historical and ongoing injustices, many Indigenous communities continue to resist, reclaim their cultures, and maintain strong, distinct identities.
The seperation of people from one another has been uprepairably damaging as an on going in slavery and oppression
Countries across the Continent of Africa are inviting African Americans to Africa for citizenship, for real estate, for business, import export and  for shared economics. They are inviting our wealth of skills to help with science, technology, agriculture 
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PIEDMONT PARK
Juneteenth Atlanta Event Dates:
June 19-21, 2026


WORLD Freedom Day Parade
Parade Date:
​June 20, 2026

Georgia United 5K Freedom Run
June 21, 2026
MAP AND DIRECTIONS TO PIEDMONT PARK

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Parking in Piedmont Park is limited to the New SAGE Parking Facility. We strongly encourage visitors to use Atlanta’s public transportation MARTA, or ride share, or plan for a designator drop off and pick up driver for your group.

Traveling by MARTA:
Upon exiting the Midtown Station, take 10th Street towards Peachtree Street and continue on 10th until you reach Piedmont Avenue. Turn left on Piedmont Avenue and walk two blocks to the 12th and 14th Street gates of Piedmont Park. (or you can continue walking on 10th Street and the park will soon be on your left side).

Exit the Arts Center Station heading south on West Peachtree street for one block. Head east (go left) on 14th Street for three blocks until you reach the 14th Street entrance to the Park.
For additional information visit www.itsmarta.com or call MARTA at 404.848.5000.

Traveling by Bike/on Foot:
Park entrances open to pedestrians and cyclists include:
Park Drive Bridge (access Park Drive from Monroe Drive)
10th Street & Charles Allen (park runs along 10th Street from just west of Monroe Drive on 10th Street to a block short of Piedmont Avenue & 10th Street)
Piedmont Avenue & 12th Street
Piedmont Avenue & 14th Street

Wheelchair Accessibility
The following park entrances are wheelchair accessible: 12th Street Gate; 14th Street Gate; Charles Allen Drive Gate; Park Drive. In addition, the following buildings and areas are disabled-accessible: Piedmont Park Conservancy Offices; Magnolia Hall; Piedmont Park Conservancy Community Center; Visitors Center; Tennis Center and Oak Hill.


​Traveling by car: 
The SAGE Parking Facility is now open and the surface lot at Piedmont Park is being returned to green space. The parking facility is operated by the Atlanta Botanical Garden and is available for visitors to Piedmont Park and the Garden.

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If the south is where our ancestors did the most suffering under the ills of slavery then the south is where we need to have the largest commemoration and celebration where every city in Georgia is represented. Atlanta, Georgia is the magnet of the southeast! ​​We are collaborating with our southern neighbors to bring about a Juneteenth celebration for the world: Join us for Juneteenth ​Atlanta Parade & Music Festival 2026 Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, ​Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Haiti, The Caribbean Islands, ​​South America, Brazil, the Bahamas and 54 countries from the African continent Action Call: A reunification of the African diaspora with the African continent!

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