Interracial, Intergenerational Organizing
This page: For the past 15 years our team has traveled annually as guests of Congresswoman Barbara
Lee on the Faith and Politics Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage, hosted by Congressman John
Lewis. Congressional members and delegates meet with movement luminaries, visit historic sites,
and hear firsthand accounts of sacrifices and struggles. Opposite page, clockwise from top: With an
unrelenting and infectious energy, Dr. Dorothy Cotton and students prepare for their respective
speeches prior to a lecture. Dr. Cotton was the SCLC National Director of Education and a member
of Dr. King’s executive staff; sharing a moment of companionship with Juanita Abernathy, civil
rights activist and widow of the Rev. Dr. Ralph Abernathy; Ambassador Andrew Young with Dr. Roy
Wilson and student Jabari LaChaux in conversation on the need for interracial, intergenerational
relations in today’s civil and human rights struggles; Attorney General of the State of California
Rob Bonta shares a moment with Dr. Karen Bohlke and the student team.
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