Atlanta, Georgia & Montgomery, Alabama – It has been made clear that women were the backbone and at the forefront of the movement. Due to the times and circumstances of how the world was (and is) run, they and their stories were…
Beyond the Wall of Names: Evidence of a Life Lived I grew up surrounded by grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. I thought that was normal. Once I graduated high school, I realized it was not. Both of my paternal grandparents, my Bobbie Ida…
Marching Down Freedom’s Road, Day 4 Each day we delve deeper into this history. We spent today in Selma, but on the way there, we stopped in Lowndes County, to visit the site of a Civil Rights era Tent City and learn…
Passing It on to the Next Generation Today we left Montgomery to travel west to Lowndes County and Selma, Alabama on Day 4 of Marching, Riding, Walking, Sweating, Talking, Laughing, Crying, Sleeping, and Eating our way down Freedom’s Road. As we all…
Today, June 13, 2023, Classrooms Without Borders and our intimate group of 23 traveled from Montgomery, the seat of power in Alabama, to Selma, Alabama, the center of another important seat of power with the famous Voting Rights March that occurred March…
We woke up in Atlanta and started the morning in Marin Luther King Jr. Center where we viewed the resting place of both hom and his wife. We then loaded the bus and headed to Montgomery Alabama for our next stop. First…
Today was a great jam packed day of learning, reflection and exposure. My pictures highlight the day but don’t nearly showcase the way my thinking of civil rights has expanded. While at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change Inc.,…
Back in the day, Atlanta’s powerbrokers boasted that their city was too busy to hate. Is there a time for hate? Last night we ate a family style supper with Charles and JoEtta Person. Mr. Person is one of only a few…
From the Woolworth’s in Greensboro to the immersive experience in Atlanta, I am reminded of the sacrifices made to secure freedom. I accept the responsibility of all Americans to secure this freedom for future generations. I acknowledge the tenacity of the four…
Marching Down Freedom’s Road, Day 2 We rose early for a 7 am departure on our bus, headed towards Atlanta. The parallels rose in my mind to the era we are here to study, and the Freedom Rides of 1961. Back then,…
Day 2 begins bright & early with some breakfast at the hotel. Then we hop on the bus and head towards Atlanta. Our destination here was the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. When we reached Atlanta we had some time…
As we leave Pennsylvania and head south, Michael Narag0n (one of our scholars) forwards a playlist for us to listen to. Music is powerful; one of my favorites start. Sam Cooke used his beautiful voice to sing about a ‘change that is…