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Current location:<\/strong> Little Rock, Arkansas<\/span>
\nHigh Temperature since last post:<\/strong> 75F in NYC<\/span>
\nLow Temperature since last post:<\/strong> 42F in Montgomery, Alabama<\/span>
\nMost striking juxtaposition since last post:<\/strong> \u00a0The Dexter Street Church where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the Pastor for five years, just a block away from the Alabama state capitol building. Over the years, state government buildings have been built up around the church building. \u00a0The church’s historical building status protects it from being redeveloped. To us it now stands as a physical representation of the importance of speaking truth to power.<\/span>
\nSince our last post, we had a chance to explore Baltimore with Tom & Nettie, have dinner with Susan and Greg, and get in a football game and one last sail with David and Esther in Annapolis and St. Michael’s.
\nAfter finishing up some interviews<\/a>,\u00a0we headed into the South. \u00a0We were able to visit Laura and her farm animals outside of Chattanooga TN, and see a bit of the surrounding area. Video compilation of that adventure coming soon!<\/span>
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\nAs mentioned above, we took the opportunity to embark on a civil rights tour of the south focusing on Atlanta, Georgia and Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama. \u00a0This leg of the trip was inspirational in multiple ways. We saw evidence of how much progress this country has made on civil rights but also saw examples of how deep the wounds of white supremacy are, and how much work is left to do.<\/span>
\nThe King Center in Atlanta was very moving, as was having the opportunity to visit both the Ebenezer Baptist Church and Dexter Street King Memorial Church, where Dr. King preached and protestors gathered.
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\nThe Equal Justice Initiative’s thought-provoking\u00a0Legacy Museum<\/a> and devastating\u00a0National Memorial to Peace and Justice<\/a> were to us the most effective at conveying the history of civil rights work, and the legacy of racist structures in the current system of mass incarceration.<\/span>
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