The Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History

What happens when?

...People who lived history, teach history?

    250 middle school students are shown the legacy of the civil rights movement firsthand.  

 

 

"This community is filled with a rich history. You would not be able to sit where you are sitting right now without folks paying a price. Our blood, sweat and tears made your freedoms possible."

-Minister Fearrington, a local civil Rights Leader

 

...Youth take to the airwaves? 

        Youth lives are changed as they speak to critical issues facing our communities

"Fusion Youth Radio has taught me some of the most important lessons that I will carry with me for the rest of my life.  I am incredibly grateful to be part of this community and this organization."   

-FYR host Sam Cook

...100 residents mobilize to restore a home?

           Home is once again a place of dignity and celebration.

 

"It was unbelievable.  The house and deck are no longer mine.  When I walk outside I see the people who gave themselves for me.  They gave me a lifetime visual gift.  Because the main problem with our society now is that we lack compassion.  If we only had more of it, the world would be a better place.  I really can't explain how I feel but I want others to feel that same way."

-Activist and Teacher, Keith Edwards