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Day 2 Georgia

Today was the second day of our Civil Rights Journey around the South.  Yesterday we had a lot of fun climbing up Stone Mountain. Today, we left the hotel at 8:30 to board the bus. We then started the 2 hour bus ride to Montgomery, Alabama.  When we arrived, we started our day with the Rosa Parks Museum. The museum was very thorough in the telling of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott story.  We watched educational videos and read about the Montgomery Improvement Association and all of the work they did in this movement.  We had a very informative guide.  After the museum we ate pizza at the Mellow Mushroom, a funky cafe just around the corner from the museum.  After our delicious lunch, we walked up tie the Montgomery Greyhound bus station, which is now a museum dedicated to the Freedom Riders.  The museum is located inside the surviving part of the old station.  We learned that the Freedom Riders were a group of integrated people who rode...
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Day 1 Rose

Day 1 by Rose Beberwyck Today was a very busy day for the students. All three of the flights were very smooth and gave everyone a chance to socialize. Once we arrived in Atlanta, we were all better rested than when we arrived at the airport so early. Our plans were a bit altered due to our flights, but we visited both the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Center and Stone Mountain. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Center was our first visit, which all of the students were fascinated by. There were many moving passages and exhibits, which helped us to understand more about MLK's past and his impact on both the Civil Rights Movement and our everyday life. We watched a short film on King's life, and spent some time reflecting and learning about his every day life while we visited his childhood home and the church where, he, his father, and his grandfather all preached. Next, we traveled to Stone Mountain where we viewed the large Stone Mountain carving. The carving fe...
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MLK, Jr. home  Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King  Dr. King's Church - father and grandfather Ebenezer Baptist Church atop Stone Mountain
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“Rosa Parks turned to me sweetly and asked, 'Now, Bryan, tell me who you are and what you're doing.' I looked at Ms. Carr to see if I had permission to speak, and she smiled and nodded at me. I then gave Ms. Parks my rap. 'Yes, ma'am. Well, I have a law project called the Equal Justice Initiative, and we're trying to help people on death row. We're trying to stop the death penalty, actually. We're trying to do something about prison conditions and excessive punishment. We want to free people who've been wrongly convicted. We want to end unfair sentences in criminal cases and stop racial bias in criminal justice...Ms. Parks leaned back smiling. 'Ooooh, honey, all that's going to make you tired, tired, tired.' We all laughed. I looked down, a little embarrassed. Then Ms. Carr leaned forward and put her finger in my face and talked o me just like my grandmother used to talk to me. She said, 'That's why you've got to be brave, brave, brave.' All three women nodded in silent agreement and for just a little while, they made me feel like a young prince.” ― Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

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