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EVANSVILLE, Ind. A new summer program at the University of Evansville will enable students to dig into the history of the civil rights movement firsthand and invite them to ask questions about how it relates to present-day racial justice protests.
The Journey to Justice bus tour runs from July 24-31. The group will depart from Evansville with stops in Montgomery, Alabama; Selma, Alabama; Birmingham, Alabama; Memphis, Tennessee, and Louisville, Kentucky. Along the way, students will visit historic sites and museums in each city.
Many churches are on the itinerary. There s a real connection here to the Black Protestant Christian tradition, said Rob Shelby, UE s chief diversity officer. A lot of what undergirded the civil rights movement was a strong religious commitment and understanding . We get to go to those churches. We get to go to those museums, to the Edmund Pettis bridge where John Lewis and others were . met with violence but they persiste
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. When you walk inside Roots 101 African American Museum in Louisville s business district, you may find founder Lamont Collins behind the desk and a room full of awe-inspiring African artwork. He s been hard at work creating a new space that he now owns, and he couldn t be happier about the opening on May 1. Anticipation is already building.
What You Need To Know
Roots 101 is funded by grants and fundraising
The founder collects art for the museum on his own
The new space is more than 10,000 square fee
The museum opens to the public in May Like I said, every day, 20 to 30 people is knocking on the door trying to get in. Even on museum row, I didn t have that energy that I have now, so it s the right place and the right time, Collins explained.