(part two of two – click here to read part one)
by Max Courtney
Our next destination was Selma. Along the way we stopped at the memorial for Viola Liuzzo, the only white woman martyred during the civil rights era. By this time in our trip, the red clover was nearing full bloom, and the sides of the roadway were blanketed in bright red.
by Max Courtney
Someone (or several someones) suggested that I write a blog detailing the St. Stephen Freedom Road field trip. Yes, I thought; that needs to be done so that others might share this adventure.
I was privileged to lead a class at St. Stephen during January and February entitled “Freedom Road: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Black America in the 1950s and 1960s.” After teaching many years in diverse venues (university, police academy, church) I can say without equivocation that this was the most fulfilling class I ever taught. Much of the credit for that goes to the participants whose enthusiasm for the subject was an arterial elixir for me. Much of it also goes to having taken the capstone field trip—Beth Fultz’s suggestion.Read More »Traveling Down Freedom Road – part one
