It’s been an historical, inspirational and moving Week Number Eight for Mike and Mary Beth.
From Athens, Georgia…
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- Thankful to be welcomed to the University of Georgia
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- Mary Beth speaking at the University of Georgia School of Law
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- Just getting some gas…
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- Gotta stop for boiled peanuts!
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- Cotton, cotton, cotton…
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- And a little more cotton…
…to Tuscaloosa & Birmingham, Alabama…
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- We visited the University of Alabama on Nov. 5.
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- Our audience at the University of Alabama
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- The 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, which was bombed 50 years ago…
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- Marching On
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- At the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
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- Mary Beth talking with audience members at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
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- The Tinker Tour was invited to speak at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in November
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- It was interesting to see how Mike and Mary Beth’s journey from Birmingham to DC was the opposite of the Freedom Riders’ journey from DC to Birmingham.
…to Washington, DC…
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- Mary Beth and her brother John
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- Mike outside SCOTUS
…Mike and Mary Beth were surrounded by the history of so many people who fought for their rights over the years, and got to celebrate their place in that history, too.
(As well as Mike’s 50th birthday, with some sweet treats from Mary Beth!)
Miles traveled this week: 1,783
Miles traveled on Tinker Tour to date: 8,549
(Does not include Mike’s 2,989 mile trip from Ferndale, WA, to deliver the Tinker Bus to the Liberty Bell for the tour’s official kickoff Sept. 17.)
Coming Up in Week 9:
Tuesday:
AM: H.C. Wilcox Technical High School, Meriden, Conn.
PM: Quinnipiac University Law School, Hamden, Conn.
Wednesday:
AM: Malden High School, Malden, Mass.
PM: Chelsea High School, Chelsea, Mass.
Thursday:
AM: Emerson College, Boston, Mass.
PM: Suffolk Law School, Boston, Mass.
PM: Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association national convention
Friday: Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association national convention
Saturday: Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association national convention
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