<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>I thought I’d share two resources on the Civil Rights Movement for reflecting, <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, </span>on how far we’ve come and how far we have to go, if you’re so inclined.</div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div>The first is the Civil Rights Trail website. You can find information about significant events through their interactive map, a timeline, a gallery and more. The map seems to link to the least amount of info. I found the gallery a good way to find events/locations I wanted to learn more about.</div><div><br></div><div>Home page: <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://civilrightstrail.com/">https://civilrightstrail.com/</a></span></div><div>Gallery page: <a href="https://civilrightstrail.com/gallery/">https://civilrightstrail.com/gallery/</a></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:722B1299-B622-4249-81E0-C6638443877A" alt="image1.png" id="722B1299-B622-4249-81E0-C6638443877A"><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:FEFE7709-D433-4351-9286-23F6AEB02A61" alt="image5.png" id="FEFE7709-D433-4351-9286-23F6AEB02A61"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The second resource is an archive of Freedom Summer material maintained by Miami University where the training was done. I lived in Peabody Hall my sophomore year of college.</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:BE6F95B0-C21D-42D0-A51E-ED8748D45DBB" alt="image1.jpeg" id="BE6F95B0-C21D-42D0-A51E-ED8748D45DBB"><br></div><div><br></div><div>The above article: <a href="http://miamioh.edu/news/top-stories/2014/06/freedom-summer-50th-feature.html">http://miamioh.edu/news/top-stories/2014/06/freedom-summer-50th-feature.html</a></div><br><div>On this introductory page you can select Browse Text and Photo Collection, Browse Video and Audio Collection or Curriculum Guides.</div></div><div><a href="http://digital.lib.miamioh.edu/fs/index.html">http://digital.lib.miamioh.edu/fs/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>I found this log of events both heartbreaking and inspiring. <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">These</span> are the entries concerning the murder of Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and James Chaney. Bud, remember <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">during our Anti-Racist class today </span>when I said we have to be<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span>willing to take a hit (because they continue to be victimized)? These men made the ultimate sacrifice.</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:66C8EB23-06CD-49CE-AE45-CA99DFAF9DFE" alt="image4.jpeg" id="66C8EB23-06CD-49CE-AE45-CA99DFAF9DFE"><br></div><div><br></div><div>(Philadelphia, Mississippi)</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:576A1EF6-3B63-4F5E-B5D6-4F58B6CB6B8F" alt="image6.jpeg" id="576A1EF6-3B63-4F5E-B5D6-4F58B6CB6B8F"><br></div><div><br></div><div>You can also see on this page that Pete Seeger was indeed in the thick of it. </div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Appendix, Mississippi Summer Project running summary of incidents, n.d.”</span></div><div><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://digital.lib.miamioh.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/fstxt/id/1139/rec/26" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://digital.lib.miamioh.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/fstxt/id/1139/rec/26</a></font></div><div><br></div><div>I’m wondering how I had the good fortune to be born in America, white, healthy, to a middle class family and lived <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(so far)</span> not during a major war. I feel both grateful and guilty. We learned in class that bad guilt immobilizes you but that good guilt spurs you to action. I want to take action. I wish there weren’t so many arenas right now were action is needed. </div><div><br></div><div>Liz</div><div><br></div><div>ps Suddenly this seems familiar to me, if I’ve sent this info before I apologize.</div><div><br></div></div></body></html>