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Western Carolinian Volume 69 Number 13

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The road to civil rights: An interac by Jennifer Scism * WCnewsmagazine The 1960s marked an era of change for the world. There were revolutionary achievements in science, new implementations of liberal revolutionary governments, and a rise in awareness of basic human rights for all races, genders, and ethnicities. The southeastern corner of the United States was thick with racial tension during the 1960s. It was this area that promoted a vast number of changes, in a region full of hate. This May the History Department and the Office of Multicultural Affairs take a group of students, from various majors at Western, to visit locations in the Deep South where amazing victories were claimed for the Civil Rights Movement and locations where drastic displays of racism were carried out. According to Dr. Elizabeth McRae, of the WCU History Department, this is an opportunity for students to see first hand, places where actions of the Civil Rights Movement occurred. It also allows students to meet activists who participated in and witnessed much of the violence and positive change that infiltrated the Deep South during, and as result of, the Movement. Dr. McRae also stated that there have been numerous monetary contributions from various departments across campus in order to make this traveling classroom possible. She also stated that she hoped this project would help promote relations on campus between the different departments and students within them. The trip lasts from May 13" through May 21% and encompasses visiting spots in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. The tentative itinerary begins with a stop in Atlanta where students will visit the King Center, the Ebenezer Baptist Church, The Jimmy Carter Center, the Martin Luther King Jr. gravesite, and other important places. While in Atlanta, the class is scheduled to meet Constance Curry, an attorney who represented individuals in desegregation cases. The group then will travel to Selma where they will meet the youngest Civil Rights activist jailed and visit the infamous Edmund Pettus Bridge, where the attempted Selma to Montgomery march met its violent end. The class will also meet J.L. Chestnutt, one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s attorneys. The next stop for the bus is Birmingham where the group will visit the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. At the church the class will hopefully meet with the father of a young girl who was murdered in the bombing that occurred in 1963. The Body of Deliverance Pentecostal Church will be a stop for the students, where they will watch a Civil Rights Program with Martha Boyer. In Montgomery, the class will visit the Rosa Parks Museum and possibly take a tour of Troy State. The Southern Poverty Law Center will direct the students in a seminar. Students have the TR opportunity to talk to attorneys who argued cases against KKK violence. The class will travel to Jackson, Mississippi to visit the Algebra Project. After Montgomery, the bus will travel to The Mississippi Delta where students will go to the Delta Blues Museum, take the Delta Blues and Heritage Tour, and visit a Historic Juke Joint in Merigold, Mississippi called Po-Monkeys. A blues band will lead students in a Blues Symposium at the Juke Joint. Students will also take the Emmett Till Tour and talk to State Senator David Jordon, who was present at the Emmett Till Trial. Dockery Plantation is also a stop for the class where they will tour the grounds where African slaves once lived and worked. Memphis is the final stop for the class. In Memphis, the students will visit the STAX Museum, the National Civil Rights Museum, the Gandhi Institute, and Sun Records. All of these locations were active sites of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Creative research projects are assigned to be generated by all of the students who participate in the course. These research projects relate to each student's interests and major. Dr. McRae stated that she hoped that this trip would create a relationship between the University and the centers the students visit in May thus, opening doors for internships and cooperative educational opportunities for WCU students in the future. Donations are made to the various centers and locations the students visit. Students who were interestedinparticipating in this course were required to fill out an application and = are chosen based on their application responses and academic record. The students chosen are required to take a preliminary course that deals with the Civil Rights Movement. March Macness! Take Advantage of our March Madness! For customers paying with CatCard, Cash or Credit Card. WCnewsmagazine the hope that mindsets and perspectives will be changed. The Civil Rights Movement may have ended decades ago, but the struggle to keep true, uncompromising, democracy alive, is very much alive today. Parents pass down racism to their children on a regular basis, whether directly or indirectly. Discrimination and endeavors of silent racism occur around us every single day. It is imperative that this type of prejudice discontinues thoroughly, not just on the surface. Yes, minorities have gained voting rights and equal opportunities in most areas. And yes, Americas population is desegregated, but the country has a long way to go before it is fully integrated. Opportunities such as this traveling classroom will aid in the battle against hate and ethnic-based discrimination. The Road to Civil Rights will bring the Movement directly to Western through its most important asset: the students. Friday 3/1 and Friday 3/18 Lunch at Brown Cafeteria is $2.00 OFF! This trip represents Enjoy all you care to eat more than a group of from 11:00 ~ 2:00 for only $3.50 studentstravelingaround the South. It represents WCU Dining WCUs commitment to multiculturalism and www. westerncarolina.campusdish.com

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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  - Date original: 2005-04-12
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  - Dimension: 12.5" x 11.25"
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  - Jackson County (N.C.)
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  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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