Moving to Atlanta: Atlanta International School and APS School, Coretta Scott King Young Leadership Academy, Attend 50th Anniversary of Selma‐to‐Montgomery March

AIS students and staff pose in front of the Edmund Pettus bridge. (L to R - Malachai Moody, Negasi Haskins, staff member Olga Nobleton, Mhairi Mackenzie, Langston Peterson and Julius Long)

Atlanta International School high school students – along with students from Coretta Scott King Young Leadership Academy – marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and attended other events during the 50th anniversary celebration of the Selma-‐to-‐Montgomery March. The trip also included a private tour of the Jackson family home, where Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders planned the 1965 march. The group journaled and also chronicled the trip on Twitter and Instagram at #aisapsselma.

The 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery march provided a unique opportunity for AIS students – many of whom are not from the Southeast – to learn first-hand about this important event. AIS students prepared for the journey by attending a recent panel discussion on Selma’s place in the history of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. The panel, introduced by Martin L. King III and moderated by Atlanta City Council President Ceasar Mitchell, featured Civil Rights leader Dr. C.T. Vivian; Ms. Jawana Jackson of the Jackson Family Home & Foundation; and Mayor George Evans of Selma. All AIS Upper School students recently attended a screening of the movie, Selma.

Atlanta International School and APS School, Coretta Scott King Young Leadership Academy, Attend 50th Anniversary of Selma­‐to‐Montgomery March

Atlanta International School and APS School, Coretta Scott King Young Leadership Academy, Attend 50th Anniversary of Selma‐to‐Montgomery March