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Do you think of Mary Poppins or the Rhianna song "Ella" when you think "umbrella"?

Feb. 10, 1964 - After 12 days of debate and voting on 125 amendments, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by a vote of 290-130.

Roy Wilkins, one of the leading US civil rights activists of the twentieth century, was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

 

Wilkins enrolled in the University of Minnesota in 1919 and graduated with a degree in sociology in 1923. By the late 1920s, Wilkins became managing editor of the Kansas City Call, one of the larger Midwest black newspapers.

 

Wilkins was hired in 1934 by Walter White as the assistant secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He served in that post until 1934 when he was named editor of the NAACP’s official journal Crisis, succeeding W.E.B. DuBois. From 1949 to 1950 Wilkins led the National Emergency Civil Rights Mobilization, a coalition of more than 100 local and national groups. In 1950, A. Philip Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Arnold Aronson of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council founded the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), which served for the next two decades as the major Washington D.C. lobby for civil rights legislation.

 

In 1955, Wilkins became executive secretary of the Association following the death of Walter F. White, and in 1964 became its executive director. As the leader of the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the nation, Wilkins soon became a key figure in the national protests that became known as the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. As a popular and eloquent voice for that movement, Wilkins directed the NAACP’s fight against de jure and de facto segregation and racial inequality. He played a key role in organizing the 1963 March on Washington which led to the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Selma to Montgomery March in Alabama which produced the 1965 Voting Rights Act. 

 

Throughout this period Wilkins was a staunch advocate of legislative reform and nonviolence and consulted with Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter on civil rights issues. In 1967, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon Johnson.

 

Wilkins fiercely opposed the post-1966 militancy of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee and more generally the Black Power Movement. 

 

In 1977 Wilkins retired as Executive Director of the NAACP and was succeeded by Dr. Benjamin Hooks. Later that year he was honored by the Association with the title of Director Emeritus.

 

Roy Wilkins, a member of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, died on September 8, 1981, in New York City. He was 80.

Remember to check out KM's Unity Club’s posting about past and present black leaders on their Instagram story! Follow @kmhs_unity_club on Instagram.

Mrs. Plum will be hosting a GSA Google Meet on Thursday, February 11th during Advisory. This meet is open to all members of the LGBTQ community as well as their allies. This meet will serve as a supportive, safe place to talk openly about current issues facing the LGBTQ community, both as a group and individually. Please send an email to plumamy@kmsd.edu with a brief description of why you'd like to be a part of this meet, and Mrs. Plum will provide you with an invite.

Anyone looking for volunteer hours? The KM Girls Basketball Sweetheart Tournament needs your help this weekend.

Please sign up using this link!

Lasers, does KM got talent? This year’s Variety Show is looking for talent to compete in a fully virtual event! Singing? Dancing? Yodeling? All skills are welcome and the 1st-3rd place winners will receive cash prizes!

 

If you are interested in being a talent act, contact Linnea Hietala (hietlin@kmsd.edu) or Sylvia LaGalbo (lagasyl@kmsd.edu) with your name, grade, and a short description of your talent.

 

Talent acts will be pre-recorded and the event will premiere on Friday, March 5th! 

KM Interact/Global is doing a hygiene drive until March 13th. Items collected will be donated to St. Ben’s Homeless Shelter in Milwaukee. Please donate unopened: lotion, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, hairbrushes, combs, soap, hand sanitizer, wipes, masks, or any other hygiene products you may have! Those hotel soaps and shampoos that you have in your linen closet piling up are perfect. Donation boxes can be found in Global or donations can be dropped off at the front office. Please see Mrs. Weber in Global if you have any questions.  

Join TODAY after school, from 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm in the cafeteria. 

We will be spreading out in the cafeteria to social distance and make some great cards to spread some love and cheer!

Come join the fun and learn more about Model UN!

Attention Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors: Course selection for the 2021-2022 school year is open starting at Noon today in the Infinite Campus portal. The selection window will be open through 3:00 pm on Sunday, February 21st. All selections must be entered and finalized by this date. Students can sign up to see school counselors during advisories in this window if there are questions about course selection. For additional resources on KMHS course selection, please see the High School Website under the “Counseling” tab.

It’s Mrs. Kean’s birthday today! Happy birthday!

Attention girls who are interested in playing softball this year… there will be NO open gym this Thursday. Please plan accordingly.  

SO GREAT to have the 200 Medley relay STATE CHAMPS Andrew H., Tyler H., Drew M., and Cory M. join us to celebrate their third-fastest time in state history which was also an All American Time! #KMPROUD

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Please make sure you are bringing your own masks to school, and wearing them properly!

Be sure to follow your classroom cleaning expectations to help us all stay as safe as possible!

Our bubblers are turned off, but the refill stations are still on. Remember to bring your reusable water bottles to stay hydrated!

Please remember to wear your student ID every day, and at all times while you are in school. It is very important that you use those IDs (examples: lunchroom, signing in and out, etc.) so we reduce any unnecessary contact.

Use hand sanitizer regularly! It's especially important to wash/sanitize before eating, and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing.

Please stay 6 feet or more apart, and do NOT leave your Advisory to seek face-to-face help, instead, use google meet to work with your teachers.