PC students tour the South during Civil Rights Maymester trip
July 6, 2009
A group of PC students and professors toured the South from May 10th - May 17th during the Civil Rights Tour Maymester. They visited many historic sites, including the birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights Memorial, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, among many more.
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Parsonage where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lived while minister at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. home, Atlanta
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. quotation, Nashville Public Library
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Sixteenth Street Baptish Church, Birmingham, Alabama
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Dexter Avenue Baptish Church, Montgomery, Alabama
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PC student Chris Bowman in the chapel of Fisk University, Nashville
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"Arise, shine" inscription,
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Eternal flame at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s tomb, Atlanta
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Dr. Rodney Cohen at Fisk University
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Civil rights monument, Birmingham, Alabama
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WEB Dubois statue,
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Civil Rights Memorial outside Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama
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"If Not Us, Then Who?" inscription, Nashville Public Library
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Cravath Hall, Fisk University
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Stax Museum, Memphis
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A table in the Civil Rights room of the Nashville Public Library
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James H. Meredith statue, University of Mississippi
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PC students with Professor Charles Eagles '68, professor of history at the University of Mississippi (in center, back row); Dr. Rodney T. Cohen, Director of Multicultural and Student Activities, first row, second from right; Dr. Booker T. Ingram, Jr., Dana Professor of Political Science, first row, far right.
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Photos courtesy of Dr. Molly McGehee, Assistant Professor of English



















