Faith & Politics Pilgrimage Creates Lasting Memories

By Kimberly Maryland

Last weekend’s Faith & Politics Institute Pilgrimage ended Sunday in Selma with grateful reflections of the past and high hopes for the future.

Earlier in the weekend, Birmingham was the second of the four stops on the annual Congressional Pilgrimage throughout the Deep South as Democratic and Republican congressional representatives traveled to bond and reflect on the civil rights trail from Memphis, Tennessee, to Selma.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in downtown Birmingham was the site of Friday evening’s reception and dinner. The evening included a one-on-one conversation between CNN’s Dana Bash and Alabama’s newly elected U.S. Sen. Doug Jones on the story of his win last December. Jones spoke at length of his Birmingham upbringing during the time of the civil rights movement, and the eventual desegregation of his middle school.Georgia U.S. Rep. John Lewis was recognized during the reception for his decades of work on civil rights and the leadership he provided by starting the annual pilgrimage in 1998.

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