Stony the Road

Location: Birmingham

July 10, 2022 - July 30, 2022
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  • July 10, 2022 - July 30, 2022
  • Laura Anderson
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An immersive experience for K-12 educators who teach civil rights history. Presented by AHA as a summer institute of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

July 10-30, 2022
Applications now closed.

"Stony the Road" offers a unique opportunity for educators to participate in an in-depth, three-week, immersive field study of the modern Civil Rights Movement and the pivotal role that Alabama played.

Participants will:
–Engage in conversations with scholars
–Interact with iconic leaders and foot soldiers of the Civil Rights Movement
–Travel to key sites of memory in Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery, and Tuskegee
–Review archival film footage and other primary source documents as they develop curricular projects
–Receive copies of all books used