6 articles tagged with civil rights history
As someone who typically finds himself in metropolitan financial districts rather than small Southern towns, Hattiesburg, Mississippi presented an unexpected historical revelation during a recent business detour. This modest city of roughly 45,000 residents packs a historical punch that rivals...
Standing at the corner of North Gay Street in downtown Auburn, I felt that familiar investigative tingle – the one that tells me there's more beneath the surface. Most visitors know Auburn for its imposing university campus and passionate football...
Standing at the edge of the Black Warrior River, watching the autumn leaves dance across Tuscaloosa's historic streets, I couldn't help but feel the weight of history in this Alabama city. As someone who grew up between two cultures in...
Standing at the corner of South Elm Street, my data scientist brain calculated that I was exactly 2,789 miles from my apartment in Lyon, yet somehow closer to understanding American history than ever before. Greensboro's civil rights landmarks aren't just...
When I tell my PE students about my travels, their eyes light up most at stories with a sense of discovery. That's exactly what Meridian, Mississippi offered me last spring—a weekend of uncovering layers of Southern history that felt like...
I never expected Montgomery to hit me quite so hard emotionally. Standing alone in front of the Legacy Museum, I felt a weight—not of loneliness that sometimes accompanies solo travel—but of history, struggle, and ultimately hope. Montgomery isn't just another...