It was the summer of 1964, just months after President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated, and the civil rights movement was in full swing. President Kennedy had campaigned on enacting civil rights protections, and was fighting to achieve that goal when his presidency was tragically cut short. In the face of sharp divisions on

After their visit to cities and sites in Alabama, the Fellows spent the second half of the Summer Journey visiting Memphis, TN, Wilmington, NC, and Farmville, VA. These destinations proved to be enlightening, exciting, . . . and hot! Memphis, TN The Fellows visited the National Civil Rights Museum, which is situated in the Lorraine Hotel, where

Africatown, Alabama After departing on Saturday, June 15, the Fellows arrived in Africatown, Alabama, the location of a descendant community from the last ship that illegally imported slaves in 1860.  (The community is featured on a Netflix documentary, Descendant.)  The high point of their visit to Africatown was the major contribution they made to the