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Images from the road
For a compilation of pictures from our 2012 civil rights road trip, check out our Flickr album here.
Rims Barber on creating change
An excerpt from our interview with Rev. Rims Barber. Conducted May 20, 2012 at Barber’s office in Jackson, MS.
Posted in Change, Jackson, MS, Oral History
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Thank yous from Boston to Birmingham
Our 2012 Civil Rights Road Trip wouldn’t have been possible without help from many people all across the country: In preparing for the trip, GSA teacher and advisor Frances Ramberg helped lead our discussion of “Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.” She … Continue reading
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Rims Barber remembers Freedom Summer
Rev. Rims Barber looks back on his first impressions of Mississippi. Barber first came to the state in 1964. He and his wife, Judy, spoke with us on May 20, 2012 at their office in Jackson, MS.
Posted in Jackson, MS, Oral History, Road Trip 2012
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Judge Myron Thompson on why diversity matters
This interview was conducted May 22, 2012, in Judge Thompson’s chambers in Montgomery, AL.
Posted in Montgomery, AL, Oral History
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Judge Myron Thompson on being black at Yale in the 60s
Luiza interviews Judge Myron Thompson about what it was like to be black at Yale in the mid-1960s. Here, he describes transitioning from an all-black to an all-white environment. The interview was conducted May 22, 2012, in Judge Thompson’s chambers … Continue reading
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American Dream Safari
To get a feel for Memphis and to learn more about the intersection of race and music, we hopped into Tad Pierson’s 1955 Cadillac for his amazing American Dream Safari. Our conversation touched on everything from the changing demographics of Memphis to the role of blues and rock & roll in making whites more receptive to the civil rights movement to why Elvis was bullied as a kid. We’ll post pictures from the trip, as well as more pics from Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi in the coming days.
Posted in Memphis, TN, Road Trip 2012
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Harder for Abby to breathe…
On a tour of Sun Studio in Memphis, Abby reacts to the news that Maroon 5 had recorded in the very room where we were standing. Interestingly, she was not making this face moments before when she learned that Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison had also recorded in that very spot.
Posted in Change, Memphis, TN
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Caroline on “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
At the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the girls read a passage from Dr. King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” Caroline, who had read the letter previously while studying Birmingham for her research paper on the 16th St. Baptist Church bombing, … Continue reading
Posted in Birmingham, AL, Change, Reflections
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On nonviolence
Throughout our trip, the girls have been learning about and thinking about nonviolence. In Birmingham, they wrote about what nonviolence is, how it was used in the modern civil rights movement, and if they could see themselves taking part in … Continue reading
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