John William Templeton Speaker Filmmaker
co-founder National Black Business Month in August; author Our10Plan, African-American economic strategy; 53 books, 10 documentaries, Investment banker, Historian, Federal, State, Local Policy Influencer; Expert Witness, Subject Matter Expert; Award-winning journalist: Closes educational disparities with Cultural Mastery
Mining Gold in a Golden Legacy: the California African American Freedom Trail By Rick Moss, M.A. Director/Chief Curator, African-American Library … Continue reading Mining gold in a golden legacy Aug. 5: American Historical Association-PCB
The late Sen. Charles Sumner, R-MA, donated his heavily-annotated copy of a Memorial Discourse to the Harvard University library. It … Continue reading The most important speech in African-American history
I’d like to explain the context of 1865, the most important year in African-American history from my book Road to … Continue reading Why June 19, 1865 is important as part of the most significant event in African-American history
Speaking to 10,000 at the opening of the Hampton Ministers Conference, the co-founder of National Black Business Month said the … Continue reading Time to reach the land of milk and honey
After learning about the impending deletion of funding for the Institute of Museum of Library Services during the Urban Librarians … Continue reading 60,000 shares help save federal library funding
The most important speech in African-American history was not on the steps of the Capitol, but inside it If you’ve … Continue reading Hamilton had nothing on Rev. Henry Highland Garnet
http://attn.com/stories/16444/ivanka-trumps-tweet-about-libraries-backfired Listen to Wisconsin’s voters, Paul Ryan The Hill, April 14, 2017 http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/economy-budget/328860-paul-ryan-listen-to-your-voters-they-value-their-libraries John William Templeton, author of Road to Ratification: … Continue reading Protecting libraries as vital to democracy
From the oldest black restaurant in America, the Florida Avenue Grill, where we launched our Banneker to Barack tour that … Continue reading 31 Ways 31 Days 31 Cities-Black Food Month in March 2017
The annual meeting of the San Francisco African-American Historical and Cultural Society on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 2 p.m. … Continue reading ReLoading Black San Francisco April 2
Enlist in our War on Ignorance this week leading up to Juneteenth with the definitive account of the most important … Continue reading The most important event in African-American history
Ruling Elder John William Templeton, former commissioner to the Synod of the Pacific, gives a sermon “Low Country Blues” Sept. … Continue reading Low Country Blues sermon on Sept. 20
Presidential Session Hidden Histories and Cultural Preservation from the Ground Up American Educational Research Association 2015 Chicago John William Templeton … Continue reading AERA15: California African American Freedom Trail: Belonging as a Prerequisite for Success
National Black Business Month co-founder John William Templeton shows how the most important event in black history is a launching … Continue reading Learn about the most important event in black history
SFSOUL Shuttle’s special Walking With the King tours of the African-American Freedom Trail, recommended by the State Office of Historic … Continue reading Walking with the King Jan. 17, 18, 19
John William Templeton Speaker Filmmaker 