We started our journey to retrace the steps of the freedom riders and to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer at DC’s own Friendship House. It was at Friendship House where some of the Freedom Riders began their journey and also where we began ours. 

It is the second day of our southern exploration. We left our hotel at 8:45 am and drove for four hours to Atlanta, Georgia. We went to Paschal’s Restaurant once we arrived in Atlanta, but we were unable to eat there due to communication complications. Instead of eating at Paschal’s...

We woke up in Birmingham, Alabama and had breakfast with Mr. James Webb. We then boarded the bus and headed back to Kelly Ingram Park. At the park we followed the Civil Rights trail, which informed us of numerous civil rights events that occurred in Birmingham. they also...

Today we woke up in Jackson, Mississippi. We all headed downstairs for breakfast and were introduced to Ms. Kenya Collins, Myrlie Evers’s assistant. Today is the day of my interview and I'm very excited. We all head to the bus and go to the Smith Robertson Museum and... 

Everyone wakes up, eats breakfast, and board the bus. We're headed to the bluesy Memphis, Tennessee. We arrive in Memphis at the Lorraine Motel, the site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, which has now been turned into a museum. We enter the museum and explore...

Today is Thursday, June 19th, 2014 and our trip will soon be coming to an end. I wake up and head to Ms. Kaufman's hotel room for my Skype interview with Mrs. Myrlie Evers. Once I arrive I'm told that they're having some technical difficulties and they won't be able to Skype me... 

Today is Friday, June 20th, 2014 and this is our final day on this trip. We wake up in Charlottesville, Virginia and head to the Jefferson School and African American Heritage Center. This school was the first school for Blacks in Charlottesville, it was also attended by...