Forty-five young people from the three Episcopal dioceses of North Carolina are taking a Freedom Ride, a 500-mile pilgrimage to learn about North Carolina’s racial history.
WRAL.com reports:
Their 500-mile Freedom Ride began last Friday in Wilmington and stopped in Durham on Thursday so participants could learn about the life of Pauli Murray, the first black woman to be an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church….
…The expedition ends this weekend in Greensboro, the site of the 1960 lunch counter sit-ins that propelled a nationwide movement….
…The students taking part in the Freedom Ride, who are all high school seniors and college freshmen, also said they hope to see more of North Carolina’s racial history taught in the state’s public schools.