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Looking Back at Civil Rights—and Looking Ahead

Like the more than 22,000 students who visit the Civil Rights Memorial Center each year, Brittney Johnson loved the fountain. The 10-year-old Montgomery, Ala., native had never been to the memorial center, even though it’s just a few miles from her house. And like most visitors she was instantly drawn to the circular black granite fountain out in front. This unique piece of architecture, designed by Maya Lin, is engraved with the names of 40 civil rights martyrs. Next to it stands a wall of water that cascades transparently over Martin Luther King Jr.’s well-known paraphrase of Amos 5:24 -- We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
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Stephanie P. Jones, Ph.D.

Stephanie P. Jones, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of education at Grinnell College. She is also the founder of Mapping Racial Trauma in Schools. Stephanie earned her B.A. in Philosophy and Rhetoric & Communications from the University of Pittsburgh. She continued her education at the same institution, earning a teaching certificate in English/Language Arts and M.Ed. in English Education. She recently graduated from the University of Georgia with a Ph.D. in Language and Literacy Education. Her research focuses on the ways in which Black girls and women engage with literacies in and outside