0.5 hours of reading (Article/Book)About Black History = 5.0 miles
Did not realize how hard it was for the Civil Rights act to be passed, or how bipartisan was both support and opposition. Why wasn't I taught this in school? Oh, yes, I grew up in the South where the Dems and Repubs were allied against a law protecting Civil Rights. Ack. The history of our country is darkly stained with racism, which many young white people like myself were taught that the problem was solved. Boo, USA, we can do better. Although I'm not sure we are ...
0.25 hours of reading (Article/Book)About Black History = 2.50 miles
Read article about the sit-in at Woolworths in Greensboro. I grew up in Greensboro and have known about this all my life, but didn't know all of this detail. Now I need to go back to the museum! (Although the Civil Rights museum in Atlanta has a GREAT exhibit on the sit-in, if anyone has a chance to go there. Along with so much other great things!)