The Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR) has announced that applications are open for its 2022 Freedom Tour that will take a group of Michigan high school students from different races, national origins, religions, socio-economic backgrounds, and sexual orientation on a 12-day educational bus tour through the Deep South. The trip will expose students to the rich history of the U.S. civil rights movement, including landmarks, critical events, and discussions with civil rights activists.
The Tour will be the seventh time the group has sponsored a bus trip for Michigan high school students to visit the historic sites of the movement, gain first-hand experience about the long struggle for justice, and walk in the footsteps of the legendary civil rights activists who led the movement.
Scheduled for June 20-July 1, the itinerary includes the following attractions:
§ Georgia – The King Center and historic Ebenezer Baptist Church
§ Alabama – Birmingham Civil Rights Center, Southern Poverty Law Center/Civil Rights Memorial Center and National Voting Rights Museum & Institute
§ Mississippi – Viola Liuzzo Memorial Marker, Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and the Choctaw Reservation
§ Tennessee – National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel
§ Kentucky – Berea College
“We’re excited about this summer’s Freedom Tour and, just as our previous trips, this excursion will provide an extraordinary, first-hand, educational opportunity for Michigan high school students to learn and experience the history of our country’s civil rights movement and how it continues to this day. The trip is a transformative experience for the youth who return inspired to do impactful social justice work in their communities and beyond,” said Cary McGehee, long-time chair of MCHR and a founding partner of Pitt McGehee Palmer Bonnani & Rivers, a civil rights law firm in Royal Oak.
To request an application and more information about the 2022 Freedom Tour, contact MCHR Executive Director Chantelle Yancy at MCHRFreedomTour@gmail.org and 313-579-9071.
MCHR is also seeking corporate and individual donations to help raise the $1,500 per student cost.
For additional information, visit mchr.org.
- Posted December 16, 2021
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Freedom Tour is slated for June 20-July 1, 2022
![](/Content/LegalNews/images/article_db_image1.jpg)
headlines Washtenaw County
- Attorney/health and wellness coach presents stress busters: Six ways to achieve work-life harmony
- ABA report explores successes and legal hurdles for U.S. Latinos
- Environmental lawyer releases new novel, ‘People of the Dune’
- 5Qs: Michigan Law Professor Mira Edmonds discusses Grants Pass v. Johnson SCOTUS Ruling and homelessness in the U.S.
- U-M Law School alum Bill Bay is new ABA president
headlines National
- Judge accused in drive-by shootings has progressive brain disease, court filing says
- Despite lyrics mistake by AI, lawyer wasn’t ineffective for using tech in rapper’s case, federal judge says
- Former Littler lawyer drops California suit against firm, bringing end to departure dispute
- Last-minute election lawsuits may serve political goals, law prof says
- Criticizing plaintiff’s ‘chutzpah,’ federal judge holds lawyer jointly responsible for over $207K in legal fees
- Personal injury firm sues TD Bank after loss in fraud scheme