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Entering Mississippi

March 20, 2018 ken

Today I crossed over into Mississippi.

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Posted in: Video Filed under: Mississippi

Reflection on change

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“You can’t change what was, but you can change what is” Sue McDonald, manager of Country Squire Inn, Sulligent, Alabama

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Posted in: People Filed under: Alabama, Sulligent

A Date with a King

March 19, 2018 ken

Arriving in Sulligent, Alabama I arrived in Sulligent, Alabama shortly before noon yesterday seeking shelter from threatening rain clouds. While…

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Posted in: People, Sunday Service Filed under: Alabama, Free Will Baptist Church, Sulligent

Cover Story

March 17, 2018 ken

I’m the cover story in the Daily Mountain Eagle today. I stopped at this newspaper box and it was empty.…

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Posted in: Media Interview

Carbon Hill, AL

March 16, 2018 ken

Carbon Hill is an old mining town where people used to make a living off of digging for coal in…

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Posted in: People, Thank You Filed under: Alabama, Carbon Hill, Coal town

200 Mile Mark

March 15, 2018 ken

I reached the 200th mile mark of my Walk to Freedom journey this morning. Here’s a brief video fragment describing…

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Posted in: Uncategorized

Lunch Bag

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I think this is so cute. My host family, Brian and Myriam Atkins, from last night prepared me a brown…

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Posted in: Photographs, Thank You

Alpha Phi Alpha

March 14, 2018 ken

Of the many people who have helped me on my journey, I am deeply grateful to my fraternity brothers of…

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Posted in: People, Photographs Filed under: Alpha Phi Alpha

Mile Marker: First sign for Memphis

March 13, 2018 ken

Saw the first sign today for Memphis – 230 miles to go – I can do this.

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Posted in: mile marker, Photographs Filed under: sign post

Red Clay Road (Autauga Road 100)

March 12, 2018 Ken Johnston

I walked down a beautiful red clay county road recently. The picturesque road was surrounded by privately owned tracts of…

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Posted in: Photographs Filed under: Milbrook, Scenery

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