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In the footsteps of the Little Rock Nine
An update from Kashundra, a Master of Liberal Studies student focusing on human rights and social justice: We had the opportunity to end our Civil Rights Pilgrimage where the “Little Rock Nine” in...
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Selma slow to change
An update from Ella, a senior majoring in human rights: Selma, Alabama It’s a name that graces history lessons and is synonymous with the voting rights struggle of African Americans. Yet looking at the...
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Places
An update from Ella, a senior majoring in human rights: It was at the Freedom Riders Museum in Montgomery, Ala., that I learned the importance of place in discovering history. Something like...
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An update from Garrett, a junior double majoring in business management and public policy: On our last night of the Civil Rights Pilgrimage, many of my fellow pilgrims and I ate at BB King’s Restaurant...
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An update from Tom, a Master of Liberal Studies student studying human rights: The Stax Museum in Memphis was amazing and the ideal, uplifting closing activity to leave us with some bounce in our step....
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An unfathomable hate
An update from Tate, a sophomore human rights major: This trip was a lot to take in, but what really hit me was the murder of Medgar Evers at his home. The realness of his murder, and the other murders...
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The end of my pilgrimage, but not the journey
An update from Laura Lisa, a Master of Liberal Studies student in Organizational Dynamics (culture and business): As we approached the end of the 2015 SMU Civil Rights Pilgrimage, I found myself...
View ArticleA time to process
An update from Dr. Dennis Simon, who leads the Civil Rights Pilgrimage: On Saturday night at approximately 9 PM, forty weary Pilgrims got off the chartered bus at the location where they boarded, with...
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50 Years Later… The March Continues
An update from a Civil Rights Pilgrim: Left and right What’s wrong was might Keep marching on We’re more than pawns Together by will Divided we spill The march goes on, At patient speed The march goes...
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