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Sojourn to the Past

Sojourn Project promotes equality and civil rights across America through life-changing trips through the South.

Inspired by iconic civil rights leaders, we empower students, law enforcement, and others to lead with empathy, equality, and civility nation. Sojourn to the Past is a non-profit organization that has, since 1999, led thousands of students on a life-changing educational journey through the hallowed sites of the Civil Rights Movement. Students meet and travel with veterans of the Freedom Struggle a

nd connect historic events to contemporary issues as part of their experience. Sojourn’s vision is to inspire young adults to become engaged citizens and community leaders who promote social justice through nonviolence.

06/13/2026

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06/12/2026

History comes alive when students can stand where it happened and learn from those who lived it.

Next week, 🦋 Sojourn Project is proud to partner with C*C Community Youth Organization for The Unity Trip, a five-day immersive journey through Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
From the Legacy Museum in Montgomery to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, from the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, students will explore the people, places, and stories that shaped the Civil Rights Movement.
Along the way, they'll learn directly from civil rights veterans and movement witnesses including Rev. Gwendolyn Cook Webb, Lisa McNair, and Sarah Collins Rudolph—connecting classroom lessons to real-life experiences that inspire empathy, leadership, and civic engagement.

Students will also explore the rich and often-overlooked history of Chinese Americans in the Mississippi Delta, discovering how different communities navigated issues of race, identity, and belonging in the segregated South.
At Sojourn Project, we believe history is most powerful when it is experienced firsthand.

Learn History. Change the Future.

06/12/2026

❤️If there was ever a story that deserved to be made into a movie, it would be the extraordinary lives of Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz, and Myrlie Evers-Williams.

History often remembers the men whose names filled the headlines, but behind those names stood three remarkable women who refused to let tragedy define them.

After the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Medgar Evers, these women formed a bond rooted in shared grief, resilience, and purpose. Together, they raised 16 children, endured public scrutiny, and transformed unimaginable loss into lifelong activism.

Coretta founded The King Center and became a global advocate for nonviolence and human rights. Betty Shabazz earned her doctorate, educated future generations, and championed justice around the world. Myrlie Evers-Williams spent decades seeking accountability for her husband's murder and later led the NAACP as its national chair.

Behind closed doors, they laughed together, supported one another, and found strength in a friendship forged by circumstances none of them chose. In public, they helped shape the course of American history.

Their husbands changed the world. These women made sure that change endured.

🦋At Sojourn Project, we believe their story is not simply one of loss—it is one of courage, leadership, friendship, and the power to turn pain into purpose.

Learn History. Change the Future.

06/10/2026

There is something powerful about sitting where history happened while reading the words of those who lived it. The pages come alive, the stories feel more real, and the distance between past and present disappears. History stops being something you study and becomes something you experience.

Thats Sojourn Project! 🦋

Learn History. Change the Future.

06/09/2026

"Alexa... define a Civil Rights legend."
Elizabeth Eckford and Minnijean Brown-Trickey.
Before they were civil rights icons, they were just teenagers asked to carry a burden no young person should ever have to bear. Their courage in the face of hatred helped open doors for generations that followed.

🦋One of the things that makes Sojourn Project so special is that our students don't just read about history in a textbook—they spend time with Elizabeth and Minnijean, hear their stories firsthand, ask questions, and learn directly from their experiences.
History becomes human when you can look a legend in the eye, hear their voice, and understand the sacrifices they made for future generations.
That's not just learning history.

That's Sojourn Project..... Learn History. Change the Future.

06/08/2026

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06/07/2026

One handshake. One minute.

On March 26, 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X met for the first and only time in a Senate hallway. They exchanged a handshake, a smile, and a few words before going their separate ways.

Less than a year later, Malcolm was gone. Three years after that, so was Dr. King.
History often paints these men as opposites, but both were fighting for justice, dignity, and freedom. Their brief meeting reminds us that the distance between them was often exaggerated by those who benefited from keeping them apart.

🦋At Sojourn Project, we teach that history is rarely simple. When we look deeper, we discover the humanity, complexity, and courage behind the people who changed our nation.

Learn History. Change the Future.

06/06/2026

🦋At Sojourn Project, our students don't just learn about history; they wrestle with it, question it, and connect it to their own lives. Through personal reflection, they begin to understand that the struggle for justice, equality, and human dignity is not just part of the past — it's part of their responsibility for the future.

This is where learning becomes transformation.
Learn History. Change the Future.

06/05/2026

Lifelong learning is important. You're never too old to learn the history that changed the future.

🦋At Sojourn Project, we believe learning never stops. Every journey is an opportunity to listen, reflect, and grow.

Learn History. Change the Future.

06/04/2026

A marker on an Indianapolis sidewalk tells a story most people have never heard.
John Tucker was born enslaved around 1800, secured his freedom, built a life in Indianapolis, and raised a family. Yet on July 4, 1845, a simple act of self-defense against a white attacker led to his arrest, conviction, and ultimately his lynching by a mob.

His story is a reminder that racial violence did not begin in the Deep South, nor was it limited to one region of the country. The struggle for justice, equality, and human dignity has touched every corner of America.

🦋At Sojourn Project, we believe history is not just something that happened somewhere else. It happened in our communities, on our streets, and in the places we walk every day. Learning these stories helps us better understand the past—and challenges us to build a more just future.
History is all around us. The question is whether we choose to see it.

Learn History. Change the Future.

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875 Lomita Avenue
Millbrae, CA
94030

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+16509521510

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http://sojournproject.org/

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