Day Eight Civil Rights Trip 2024!
We started our trip home this afternoon, but not until we had the chance to visit Tuskegee, Alabama in the morning. Part of our group visited the Tuskegee Airmen site and were deeply moved and troubled by the stories of discrimination and racism. The Airmen fought 2 wars – those they fought from their airplanes and the one they fought with their own country, who depended on them for military success, but treated them as 2nd class citizens when they came home.
The rest of the group toured Tuskegee University. Two Tuskegee students shared with us about their University and the impact that TU is making on the lives of the 3000 students currently enrolled. We also had the chance to visit the Legacy Museum, which told the story of the Syphilis “study”.
As we make our way home, we‘re still finding it difficult to put into words all that we’ve learned and all that we’ve felt. There will be a lot of processing that needs to happen.
I am convinced again that this is a pilgrimage and journey that as many people as possible should take. And it’s the kind of journey that benefits from a lot of preparation and travelling with others. We’re asking now where God is leading us? What do we do with all that we have learned? And those are questions that we’ll probably have to wait to answer, as we take the time to process all that we’ve learned and experienced.
Thank you for your prayers and support. And thank you for journeying with us.
Thanks to Tracy and all who contributed to these day to day activities. Since I am unable to do much traveling now, I was able to visualize your daily activities and am impressed. Children should be taught this History in schools and churches as well as by their parents, that this injustice must never happen again.
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