Birmingham, Alabama

We had the honor of having lunch with Cleopatra Gore (school teacher during the Children's Crusade), Charles Avery (protester during the Children's Crusade) , Kimberly McNair Brock (sister of Denise McNair), and Sherrel Stewart (journalist).

Students on the steps of the 16th Street Baptist Church

Students introducing Cleopatra Goree

Traci Wright with Charles Avery

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Welcome to the Civil Rights Trip January 2020 Blog! Visit again and read along as students from The Park School of Baltimore, Baltimore City College, City Neighbors High School write about their Civil Rights Trip experience.

"Sweet Auburn" and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights

Students at Dr. King’s Birth Home in Atlanta In Maryland, if a white woman had a black man's child, no matter what the circumstance, she would go to jail. -Valerie One exhibition that struck me today was the Coretta Scott King and Dr. King timeline in the visitor center of Ebenezer Church. I have learned a lot about Dr. King through the years, but I had never known so much about his wife, who was a very big activist herself, not just for civil rights, but for women’s rights. I liked that each of their timelines were on their own side if the room: it is important to remember Dr. King and Mrs. King for their own legacies, as well as together. This ability to see both of their timelines separately and together is what made this room extremely interesting. We also got to attend church today and I would like to conclude with one phrase that I remembered during the Pastor’s sermon: “If your neighbor gets blessed, don’t be jealous. It just means God is in the neighborhood” -A...

Rosedale Freedom Project

We visited the Rosedale Freedom Project in Rosedale, MS. The Rosedale Freedom Project is a youth empowerment organization that is inspired by the and continues the work of the Freedom Schools created during the Civil Rights Movement. We also celebrated Delayn’s (Park ‘20) birthday! Here's a video the RFP made about our visit.

Civil Rights Trip January 2020

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