On The Bus Uw Civil Rights Pilgrimage - The House Of Podcasts

James Meredith reportedly doesn't like the statue the University of Mississippi has put up on campus to honor his role in integrating the school in 1962.  In part, it's said he wants to recognize all the people who made strides for civil rights in America.  The lessons we learn every day of our pilgrimage is that there are many more steps to be taken.  Aida Solomon has come to this campus to work for The Winter Institute For Racial Reconciliation. The UW Senior is working is talking with young people around the state about their history and their racial biases.   She hopes confronting those issues in Mississippi will give her tools to push racial progress in the Northwest.  A visitor can still see the bullet holes that struck the Lyceum on the night of September 30th, 1962 when federal marshals and national guard troops clashed with the mob of segregationists. Two people were killed. Scores we