home february 26 february 27 february 28 february 29 march 1 march 2 march 3 march 4 march 5 reflections bios		On Saturday, February 26, 2000 we fourteen University of Michigan students set off in search of America's Civil Rights Movement. Armed with nothing but our curiosity (and some financial support from the University of Michigan), we traveled 2,525 miles, visiting sites in Atlanta, Memphis, Birmingham, Montgomery and Selma. We returned Sunday, March 5th, weary, but wiser.     T his web site is record of our trip. Click on any day and read journals from any one of us -- students or teachers. Feel free to email any of us and let us know your reactions. Feel free also to come along with us next year when we do the trip again: "Get on the Bus 2001" will be offered again next year. Mark your calendars for spring break 2001.     Before we go any further, we wish to express our appreciation to all of the people who made our trip possible. First, we wish to thank David Potter and Cecilia Infante, director and associate director (respectively) of the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program, the academic home for this class. Thanks to both of you for believing in this class from the very beginning. We also wish to thank Jonah Burakowski, Hall Director for Alice Lloyd Hall, who gave us encouragement and financial support. Thanks also to John Matlock, Director of the Office of Academic Multi-cultural Initiatives, within the Office of the Provost, and Robert Owen, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Literature Science and the Arts, for their very generous financial assistance.     W e also wish to say a special thanks to Robin Mays, Office Manager for the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program, who put up with our incredible ignorance of university rules and procedures, as well as some difficult last minute requests. Michael Simon, one of our "fellow travelers" and all-around tech wizard, did a wonderful job designing and maintaining this web site. Without him this web site would not exist.     F inally, a very special thanks to Doug Brinkley, professor of history the University of New Orleans and director of the Eisenhower Center. His book The Majic Bus inspired this journey. Thanks Doug.     E njoy our web site.     Signed,     The Members of Get On The Bus 2000
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