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Mayor Shirley Franklin sponsors Atlanta student trip to Legacy Museum and Alabama State University
Summary
Speakers at a City of Atlanta meeting reported that more than 90 Benjamin Mays High School students traveled to Montgomery to tour the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and Alabama State University, an experience described as both educational and emotional.
Mayor Shirley Franklin sponsored a trip that took more than 90 students from Benjamin Mays High School in Atlanta to Montgomery, Alabama, to visit the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and Alabama State University, speakers said at a City of Atlanta public meeting.
Speakers said the visit gave students exposure to Black history and to college opportunities. "On the way to Montgomery, Alabama to the Legacy Museum, we have 2 busloads of students from Benjamin Mays High School, and this is just gonna be a wonderful, wonderful trip," Commenter 1 said. Another speaker described the Legacy Museum experience as "the most moving" and said it presented stories spanning more than 400 years.
The speakers said the day included three destinations: the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice (the lynching memorial operated by the Equal Justice Initiative), and Alabama State University. Commenter 2 summarized the trip as giving students a chance "to really learn some history and also to think about their careers in college." Commenter 1 noted that Alabama State University offers "over 60 plus different degree programs," and speakers characterized the campus visit as part of career and college exposure. Commenter 4 thanked "Mayor Shirley Franklin who sponsored this wonderful trip for over 90 students that attend Benjamin Mays High School in Atlanta, Georgia."
Speakers described touring campus buildings and the library and seeing county names and other displays in Montgomery that connected students to the history discussed. One speaker said it was valuable for students "to be in the college experience for a day." The remarks about the trip were delivered during the meeting's public comment portion; no formal city action or vote on the trip was recorded in the meeting transcript.
Organizers and speakers framed the trip as educational outreach and college exposure for high school students. Additional details about funding, logistics beyond the sponsor remark, or any follow-up actions were not specified in the meeting record.
