Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Dozens of patrons visited the parking lot of the Birmingham Public Library’s Central Branch last week to tour a traveling artifact and to hear from two people who had a front-seat view of history.
The Freedom Riders Museum rolled a 1957 vintage Greyhound bus into the parking lot to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1961 Freedom Rides.
The event featured Center Point’s Catherine Burks Brooks and the Rev. Clyde Carter of Hoover, a pair of Freedom Riders who risked their lives to be part of the fight for racial equality.
Brooks said the bus brought back memories.
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For Minneapolis artist Joe Davis, music is one of the most powerful methods of healing that hits us straight in the heart.
Davis, who is known for his spoken word poetry and music, has written three songs honoring George Floyd. Community members can hear them Tuesday as part of a town hall event held by Westminster Presbyterian Church and featuring Floyd s aunt Angela Harrelson and his cousin Paris Stevens.
Davis started to write his most recent song Love Like Fire last summer as a tribute to Floyd and finished during the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
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