Day 19:
Greensboro, NC – Richmond, VA
WE’RE BACK!
After a morning in the van, we arrived back at UR for a final discussion and course wrap-up. We retreated to our homes for a nice long nap…
Total miles traveled: around 3500!
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Day 18
Day 18:
Charleston, SC – Greensboro, NC
After spending several hours in the van today, we arrived in Greensboro. We saw the statue honoring the four students who began the sit-ins here at NCA&T University.
When we went downtown to see the original Woolworth’s site where the sit-ins took place, we ran into the director of the International CR Museum, a developing project that will be housed at the former Woolworth’s site. Students could see the actual lunch counter from the time and the in-progress construction of this CR museum. We made a quick stop at the Greensboro Historical Museum to see the sit-in exhibit, and then we headed to UNC-Greensboro to meet with two scholars, one studying MLK and one who focuses on school integration in Mississippi.
Miles traveled: 350 miles
To date: 3150 miles
Charleston, SC – Greensboro, NC
After spending several hours in the van today, we arrived in Greensboro. We saw the statue honoring the four students who began the sit-ins here at NCA&T University.
When we went downtown to see the original Woolworth’s site where the sit-ins took place, we ran into the director of the International CR Museum, a developing project that will be housed at the former Woolworth’s site. Students could see the actual lunch counter from the time and the in-progress construction of this CR museum. We made a quick stop at the Greensboro Historical Museum to see the sit-in exhibit, and then we headed to UNC-Greensboro to meet with two scholars, one studying MLK and one who focuses on school integration in Mississippi.
Miles traveled: 350 miles
To date: 3150 miles
Friday, June 8, 2007
Day 17
Day 17:
Charleston, SC
We spent the morning and early afternoon speaking with a scholar/activist who studies the history of the Charleston CR movement. She and her family were active in the movement, and she was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit to integrate Charleston’s public schools in the 1960s. Students then spent time in the Avery Research Institute researching their individual projects. We ended the day with a trip to nearby Folly Beach.
Miles traveled: 50 miles
To date: 2800 miles
Charleston, SC
We spent the morning and early afternoon speaking with a scholar/activist who studies the history of the Charleston CR movement. She and her family were active in the movement, and she was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit to integrate Charleston’s public schools in the 1960s. Students then spent time in the Avery Research Institute researching their individual projects. We ended the day with a trip to nearby Folly Beach.
Miles traveled: 50 miles
To date: 2800 miles
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Day 16
Day 16:
Savannah, GA – Charleston, SC
Today, we explored the Gilbert Civil Rights Museum in Savannah, which focuses on the history of the CR movement in the city of Savannah and spoke with our guide there who had been integrated into white public schools via bussing in the city during the early 1970s. Students spent a few hours exploring the city before we headed to Charleston.
Miles traveled: 150 miles
To date: 2750 miles
Savannah, GA – Charleston, SC
Today, we explored the Gilbert Civil Rights Museum in Savannah, which focuses on the history of the CR movement in the city of Savannah and spoke with our guide there who had been integrated into white public schools via bussing in the city during the early 1970s. Students spent a few hours exploring the city before we headed to Charleston.
Miles traveled: 150 miles
To date: 2750 miles
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Day 16
Day 16:
Savannah, GA – Charleston, SC
Today, we explored the Gilbert Civil Rights Museum in Savannah, which focuses on the history of the CR movement in the city of Savannah and spoke with our guide there who had been integrated into white public schools via bussing in the city during the early 1970s. Students spent a few hours exploring the city before we headed to Charleston.
Miles traveled: 150 miles
To date: 2750 miles
Savannah, GA – Charleston, SC
Today, we explored the Gilbert Civil Rights Museum in Savannah, which focuses on the history of the CR movement in the city of Savannah and spoke with our guide there who had been integrated into white public schools via bussing in the city during the early 1970s. Students spent a few hours exploring the city before we headed to Charleston.
Miles traveled: 150 miles
To date: 2750 miles
Day 15
Day 15:
Atlanta, GA – Savannah, GA
We began the day in Atlanta. We screened the film An Intolerable Burden about desegregation efforts in Drew, MS (in the MS Delta) and then met with the film’s producer. We spent the afternoon exploring Auburn Avenue, including the MLK Visitor’s Center and birth home and the King Center, which includes his tomb.
Miles traveled: 240 miles
To date: 2600 miles
Atlanta, GA – Savannah, GA
We began the day in Atlanta. We screened the film An Intolerable Burden about desegregation efforts in Drew, MS (in the MS Delta) and then met with the film’s producer. We spent the afternoon exploring Auburn Avenue, including the MLK Visitor’s Center and birth home and the King Center, which includes his tomb.
Miles traveled: 240 miles
To date: 2600 miles
Day 14
Day 14:
Birmingham, AL – Atlanta, GA
Some students attended the Juneteenth worship service at the 16th Street Baptist Church this morning (the site of a bomb explosion on a Sunday morning in 1963 that killed four young girls). We spent the afternoon exploring the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the adjacent Kelly Ingram Park, which chronicles aspects of the movement through sculpture.
Miles traveled: 160 miles
To date: 2360 miles
Birmingham, AL – Atlanta, GA
Some students attended the Juneteenth worship service at the 16th Street Baptist Church this morning (the site of a bomb explosion on a Sunday morning in 1963 that killed four young girls). We spent the afternoon exploring the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the adjacent Kelly Ingram Park, which chronicles aspects of the movement through sculpture.
Miles traveled: 160 miles
To date: 2360 miles
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Day 13
Day 13:
Selma, AL - Montgomery, AL - Birmingham, AL
We began today by visiting some other sites in Selma, including the Brown Chapel AME Church which served as the gathering point for the Selma to Montgomery marches and the voting rights demonstrations. We spent the bulk of the day in Montgomery at the incredible Rosa Parks Museum and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
We also met with a participant of the Selma-to-Montgomery marches at the end of the day before we traveled to Birmingham.
Miles traveled today: 160
To date: 2200
Selma, AL - Montgomery, AL - Birmingham, AL
We began today by visiting some other sites in Selma, including the Brown Chapel AME Church which served as the gathering point for the Selma to Montgomery marches and the voting rights demonstrations. We spent the bulk of the day in Montgomery at the incredible Rosa Parks Museum and the Southern Poverty Law Center.
We also met with a participant of the Selma-to-Montgomery marches at the end of the day before we traveled to Birmingham.
Miles traveled today: 160
To date: 2200
Friday, June 1, 2007
Day 12
Day 12:
Louisiana - Mississippi - Selma, AL
After a long drive into Alabama, we visited the amazing National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, AL late this afternoon.
A participant of the march (who was in the 6th grade at the time) was there to lead us through the exhibits, which included a wall where participants (including activists, state troopers, rioters, etc) could write about their experiences in the Selma-to-Montgomery march to advocate for equal voting rights for all.
As marchers originally crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they were met on the other side by an angry mob. Today, a memorial park on the far side of the bridge and this museum commemorate the series of 50 mile marches to Montgomery.
Miles traveled today: 300
To date: 2040
Louisiana - Mississippi - Selma, AL
After a long drive into Alabama, we visited the amazing National Voting Rights Museum in Selma, AL late this afternoon.
A participant of the march (who was in the 6th grade at the time) was there to lead us through the exhibits, which included a wall where participants (including activists, state troopers, rioters, etc) could write about their experiences in the Selma-to-Montgomery march to advocate for equal voting rights for all.
As marchers originally crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge, they were met on the other side by an angry mob. Today, a memorial park on the far side of the bridge and this museum commemorate the series of 50 mile marches to Montgomery.
Miles traveled today: 300
To date: 2040
Day 11
Day 11:
New Orleans, LA - Gulfport/Biloxi, MS
Today, we visited CR sites in New Orleans and headed to the Gulf Coast to see rebuilding efforts in those areas nearly two years after Katrina. We also saw the beach at Biloxi which was the site of violence in response to "beach-ins" to demand integrated beaches in the early 1960s. We ended the day with a discussion on CR in New Orleans (including Juliette's article!) and activism in Selma around voting rights in preparation for our visit there tomorrow.
Miles traveled today: 140
To date: 1740
New Orleans, LA - Gulfport/Biloxi, MS
Today, we visited CR sites in New Orleans and headed to the Gulf Coast to see rebuilding efforts in those areas nearly two years after Katrina. We also saw the beach at Biloxi which was the site of violence in response to "beach-ins" to demand integrated beaches in the early 1960s. We ended the day with a discussion on CR in New Orleans (including Juliette's article!) and activism in Selma around voting rights in preparation for our visit there tomorrow.
Miles traveled today: 140
To date: 1740
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