Human Rights Violations
Birmingham: The winners make the memorials by Owen Dwyer
Day Five of our tour and we visited Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham, Alabama. The park occupies a central location in the city’s civil rights history. It sits across the […]
Read MoreTruth Telling & America’s History of Racial Injustices Day five of our journey began with an emotional tour of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, where […]
Read MoreHistory was not made by just the famous names on all the statues and in all the books by Michele Russo
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 […]
Read MoreJune 13th Marching Down Freedom’s Road by Gloria Losey “A voteless people is a hopeless people”
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 […]
Read MoreWe 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 […]
Read MoreFrom the Woolworth’s in Greensboro by Melody Meadows
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 […]
Read MoreDay 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 […]
Read MoreMarching Down Freedom’s Road Day 1 by Michele Russo
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 […]
Read MoreBlog day 1, Greensboro by Daneila Buccilli
The day was full and in the best way: we left our school year behind and 22 of us shared a bus drive toward Greensboro, North Carolina and the International […]
Read MoreDay 1 Marching Down Freedom’s Road By Sarah Smith
We began our journey by meeting in the brisk morning air outside of Rodef Shalom & receiving our Classrooms Without Borders merch! After a few hours of sleep we stopped […]
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