A Covenant Acknowledgment and Invitation To Leaders and Stewards: EXODUS II
Dear Esteemed Leaders and Stewards, Shalom.
We write with gratitude, humility, and historical clarity.
The American Civil Rights Movement—and particularly the 1963 March and Rally in Washington—did not arise in isolation.
It was sustained and strengthened by the courageous participation of Ashkenazi Jews of America, who stood with American Africans financially, organizationally, intellectually, and bodily. Some paid for that solidarity with their lives.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. himself testified that without Jewish participation, the Civil Rights Movement and the March on Washington could not have happened.
This alliance was not incidental. It was covenantal.
American Africans drew their language of hope, liberation, and future from the Torah, the Prophets, and the Exodus narrative—the same sacred inheritance carried by the Jewish people. American, Black Gospel Spirituals such as Go Down, Moses, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, and Climbing Jacob’s Ladder were prayers and songs of worship to the GOD of Abraham, shaped by Israel’s story.
In this shared imagination, the ancient Exodus (I) became America’s moral mirror.
EXODUS II is a contemporary national initiative that seeks not to reenact the past, but to complete what history began—lawfully, peacefully, and with moral restraint.
It understands the struggle for dignity as unfinished, where homelessness, landlessness, and generational displacement persist.
We offer this letter not as a request for endorsement, nor as an assumption of participation, but as a covenantal acknowledgment and an open invitation to dialogue. Shared memory carries shared responsibility—but never obligation.
As the United States approaches its 250th Anniversary, and as the 63rd Commemoration of the 1963 March approaches on August 29, 2026, we believe it is right to speak plainly, honor faithfully, and proceed humbly.
May justice be pursued with wisdom, and may covenantal friendships be renewed with care.
With respect and gratitude,
Ted Hayes
Mr. Citizen Patriot
EXODUS II — From Promise to Completion
Shalom