Saturday, April 9, 2011

Selma and Birmingham







Synagogue in Selma


Ms. Bland

Group shot on the steps of a community church in Selma


Civil Rights Freedom wall

Martin Luther King, Jr. statue.  Ms. Bland said she didn't like how it said "I had a dream" -- it should read "I have a dream."


Our group preparing to walk over the Edmund Pettus bridge, just as Ms. Bland did in her youth.




Our Shabbat morning service after walking over the bridge

The brother of a Central Synagogue congregant, a resident of Birmingham, speaking to our group.

The site of a bombing that took the lives of 4 young girls

The nickname the city earned due to the violent actions that happened all-too-often

Reverend Woods

A statue showing the way that protesters were treated by the police



Havdalah in the park after meeting with Reverend Woods



Marking the end of Shabbat

Dinner

Dinner


Bowling 

Bowling

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