A trip to the Kennedy Museum Of Art on the campus of Ohio University in Athens,Ohio
“Dr.King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986.” Read More CLICK
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last speech
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MONTPELIER TRAIN DEPOT
ROSA PARKS
SEGREGATION(A PREVIOUS POST)
“Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Today marks the 55th anniversary of the civil disobedience on December 1, 1955 when the seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, became a pivotal symbol in America's civil rights movement.” READ MORE. So for today a visit to the Montpelier train station, which sits on the grounds of James Madison's Montpelier estate. The train station is now a small museum that depicts the era of segregation. READ MORE
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African American civil rights activist, whom the U.S. Congress later called "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement".READ MORE
There is a ROSA PARKS MUSEUM on the campus of Troy University Montgomery campus CLICK
It wasn't until the 1964 Civil Rights Act that all public accommodations nationwide were desegregated. 1964 was the year I graduated from high school. Today I find it hard to imagine.
There is an International Civil Rights Center and Museum that uses the former F.W. Woolworth store in downtown Greensboro to remind people what segregation was like and how change was wrought in the way African-Americans were treated every day of their lives. READ MORE
You can also tour the JIM CROW MUSEUM at Ferris State University. CLICK.
Then just across the road from the train depot you have::::
Thanks for stopping by and THANK YOU ROSA PARKS and DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
VISIT MONTPELIER THE HOME OF JAMES MADISON
The Kennedy Museum Of Art.. Athens,Ohio
Very lovely post for MLK Day -- as with many other of our heroes, the Holiday in his honor seems to have disintegrated into just another shopping day. He and Rosa Parks both were truly heroes and deserve honor and respect. We visited Selma and the little brown church and the civil rights museum (honoring the marchers to Montgomery and it was something we'll never forget. I would love to visit the places you mention.
ReplyDeleteThat's somewhere I'd really enjoy visiting :)
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