Traveling Classroom Uses Landmark Civil Rights Sites for Teaching
JACKSON, Miss.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated just one day before Sharon Matlock turned 10. Her birthday brought gifts and her mother’s tears, and ever since she has tried to understand the hatred and violence of those times. Now 49 and a college staff member, Matlock recently joined professors and students on a five-state trip to civil rights landmarks to find answers.
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June 1st, 2007 at 12:53 pm
This is a wonderful story. This type of education will make an entire nation of people better. There should be even better media exposure of this kind of news.
The youth of our day just don’t get it these days!!