Day Seven Civil Rights Trip 2024!

Our full day at the Legacy Museum, Memorial for Peace & Justice, and the recently-opened Legacy Sculpture Memorial. Our day pulled together all that we have been learning from the first forced arrival of enslaved people in the 1600’s to the mass incarceration that continues today, spurred on by racism and racial inequality that continues still today. I don’t think anyone who goes through these museums is ever the same, as we‘re confronted with the most inhumane treatment of fellow human beings. Last year and this year again, I’m inspired and moved by this quote of Maya Angelou: ”History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” We must study and learn the history of our country. Equity, justice and peace can’t come until we face the cruelty forced upon millions of human beings. There were tears in our group today. It was a full, impactful day.
Off to Tuskegee tomorrow morning!