Civil Rights: On the Road to Freedom – Understanding the Civil Rights Movement

Now, more than ever, we need to look back and understand what led to the Civil Rights Movement and, pause, to evaluate what it achieved and also what it did not. Join us on this carefully designed program which takes a deep look at one of the most significant movement to shape American history. Our program traces the history of this struggle, one which has its roots as far back as the abolition movement, as a profound commitment to achieve racial equality through grassroots organizing. This movement paved the way for many subsequent U.S. civil rights movements, from the women’s rights movement to the LGBTQ rights movement, to the Black Lives Matter Movement. Travel through the Mississippi Delta to the Little Rock High School and to Selma- and meet with many key figures who were involved and are exclusive to our program. Framed within the civil rights story, and our program, are the music and cuisine of the South which were born out of hardship and poverty and continue to evolve today. For those interested in contemporary social justice there are great lessons to be learned from earlier struggles in our history where a profound demonstration of commitment, against all odds, succeeded. In the words of Dr. King: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”