Park Students Speak with CBS Baltimore about Recent Civil Rights Trip

Since 2004, students and faculty from Park School, Baltimore City College High School, City Neighbors High School, and Cristo Rey fundraise, study, and prepare for a trip through the South visiting sites and meeting people that were – and are – important to the Civil Rights Movement.

This year, more than 30 students from three different schools traveled together on the annual Civil Rights Trip. Park students Alicia Whye ’18 and CiCi Osias ’19 and Upper School Dean of Students Traci Wright sat down with WJZ CBS Baltimore to talk about the experience.

Click here to view the segment.

And here to learn more about the Civil Rights Trip, including blog posts from students.

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