Here are the additional sites in Junction City, Kansas, proposed for the city phase of the Trail:
Phase 2 will highlight sites in rural Geary County, including one to honor Harrison Fulghem, described here:
Organizers of the dedication gather around the newly-dedicated sign:
Key contributors celebrate after the dedication:
A grant from the CVB underwrote the event, including a magnificent community meal catered by the unparalleled Ms. Beverly Johnson, president of the Ladies Auxiliary, Post #8773.
A welcome grant from Humanities Kansas also supports Phase 1 of the Trail!
Led by Jim Sands, the Black History Trail of Geary County, Inc., is the center of a growing, multiethnic coalition of individuals and community groups. Working together to acknowledge the past and create a present of mutual appreciation and cooperation, the coalition often models the ways in which our society can call forth its pent-up vibrancy! On to the Beloved Community!
Sometimes I am asked why address both the Beloved Community and the Land Community in a single Substack. Aren’t social justice and ecological promotion (as in Essay 1) separate concerns? Absolutely not! In fact, naming them separately and thinking of them separately are symptoms of persistent injustices and abuses which we have yet to overcome! I will explain my answer in the next post.