Pilgrimage to Montgomery
Haywood County NAACP is making a pilgrimage to Montgomery to see the new Legacy Museum: Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice honoring victims of lynching.
Both are presented by the Equal Justice Initiative. While in Montgomery, the group hopes to add some other important sites from the Civil Rights movement to the itinerary. The group will leave on May 10, and return by 10 p.m. on May 11. Meet at Jones Temple AME Zion, 35 Thomas Park Drive (just off of Pigeon Street), in Waynesville, at 6:30 a.m. on May 10.
Bus seats are $50 each. To reserve a seat on the bus, call Chuck Dickson’s office at 828.456.8082. Rooms cost $106.89 for two people (children under 18 may be added at no charge). Ask for the Haywood County NAACP group so that you get the group rate. Call them to reserve a room at 334.409.9999. They will ask for a credit card number to hold the room for you.
If you cannot afford the cost of this trip but want to go, talk to Carolyn Wallace or Chuck Dickson about getting a scholarship to cover your costs.