The Civil Rights Trip

The nineteenth annual trip began at 4:30am on Monday, March 2nd.

New this year was a stop in Newnan, Georgia, where a town-wide collaboration has led to the installation of seventeen large-scale photos by Providence photographer (and Gordon parent) Mary Beth Meehan. New York Times coverage of this work

The itinerary also included time at Tuskeegee University, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Bryan Stevenson's Equal Justice Initiative, and an afternoon in Selma with Sheyann Webb-Christburg, who participated in the 1965 Voting Rights March.

Chaperones posted to Gordon's Facebook and Twitter during the day, and daily journal entries appeared on this page each night (late!).

Mr. Anderson has posted some links and resources that have fueled the preparation for this year's trip. link

notes on day one, including:
Newnan, Georgia
Tuskegee University
first night in Montgomery
 

notes on day two, including
the Alabama State Capitol
the Civil Rights Memorial
Selma

notes on day three, including
the Legacy Museum
the National Memorial for Peace and Justice
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church

The eighteenth annual trip left at 4am on Monday, February 25th.

This will be the first year that the eighth grade will visit the Equal Justice Initiative's National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which opened last April.

It will also be the first year that Gordon's new Head of School, Dr. Noni Thomas López, will be on the trip.

Chaperones will post to Gordon's Facebook and Twitter during the day, and daily journal entries will appear on this page each night (late!).

Notes on day one, including Centennial Park, Morehouse College, Spelman College, and a tour of Montgomery, Alabama.
 

Notes on day two, including the Southern Poverty Law Center and an afternoon in Selma, Alabama.

Notes on day three, including the Equal Justice Initiative, the Legacy Museum, National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and the Dexter Avenue Church