Civil Rights
Click the image to see a sample itinerary of our Civil Rights Journey.
Before journeying south, students spend time learning about the history of racial injustice and the civil rights movement. Click the image (one of the documents we explore) to see a sample set of lesson plans.
Students meet with many heroes of the Civil Rights Movement, including Freedom Rider Charles Person (see above). Years later they reflect on the impact Mr. Person’s stories made on their notions of what courage and love can look like. Click the image to see the course reader for other similar experiences we have on our Civil Rights Journeys.
Students meet with Equal Justice Initiative Founder Bryan Stevenson before going to Brighton Alabama to join mayor of the town to lay stones at a lynching site outside the town hall. Click the image to learn more about that experience.
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In journeying to Georgia and Alabama, students meet with those who fought racial discrimination during the Civil Rights Movement and those who are still fighting it today. They stand on the sacred ground where so many of the struggles and sacrifices took place. They deeply consider what they would have done had they been there. Far more importantly they ask what they are doing today.
Because systems of racial oppression were not just a problem of the south and a problem of the past.
Students are asked to lead many parts of our trips. Click the image to see an “El Maleh Rachamim” (memorial prayer for the deceased) composed by one of our students to remember and honor the lives of lynching victims.