Today, we had a fantastic walking tour of Selma. We paid our respects at the memorial built to honor the Unitarian ministers who were attacked while in Selma supporting the fight for voting rights, specifically the Rev. James Reeb, who lost his life. We also gathered on the steps of the beautiful Brown Chapel, the headquarters of the Selma campaign. Our tour guide was Joanne Bland, a veteran of the March for Voting Rights. She is awesome and inspiring!
Robin and a group of students walk through downtown Selma and past the Voting Rights mural
Joanne Bland and students fire it up on the steps of Brown Chapel
Our time in Selma ended with the most AMAZING surprise. Representative John Lewis arrived in Selma to lead our march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge, just like he did in 1965 during the March for Voting Rights. We all screamed, cried, and just could not believe how amazing the moment was. In Sojourn’s eleven year history, the Congressman has never been able to join the group…this was SO specia
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John Lewis talks to the students moments before we march over the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Our group makes our way over the bridge...."American democracy was not born on July 4, 1776...American democracy was born in 1965 in Selma" -Jesse Jackson
2 comments:
Day 5 sounds amazing..What an honor to have had John Lewis lead the March...Students should feel extremely honored!!!
Meg,
This is SOOOO cool! Great blogs! Keep up the amazing work!
I love you!
Love,
Betina!!
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