Bay Path College One America 2012

Bay Path College is a progressive, private woman's college in New England. Students are known by name and not a number on our campus. We offer a broad array of experiential opportunities to augment your in-class learning. Experiences range from internships to international, semester-long travel to short-term U.S. travel such as this 3 credit class and community service project on wheels.

We are The New American Woman's College. Hope you'll hop on board with us some year!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Civil Rights Memorial

We watch the documentary, A Strong, Clear Vision about Maya Lin the
architect of this memorial on the way to Montgomery.

Kate is 7 again!





Kate Lowy shares a picture with us at age 7 of her in this very same pose. This is one instance where it is great for history to repeat itself!

Rosa Parks Museum

Here we are at the spot where Rosa Parks was arrested. The museum does
an amazing job utilizing multi-media installations to reenact the
events leading up to her arrest and the details of the bus boycott.

Night Descends on Birmingham

Vulcan Atop Red Mountain




This 56 ft. tall god of fire was Birmingham's prize-winning exhibit at the 1904 St. Louis world fair, and carries the inscription at his base predicting that his city would "exceed all others in time's march".

Kelly Ingram Park Just Before Dusk




Walking through Kelly Ingram Park just before dusk, we spend time at each of the statues that depict the kinds of violent acts that took place at the park 50 years ago. Shown here is a policeman using dogs to intimidate protestors, even those in middle school.

Stained Glass Window of the 16th Street Baptist Church




After the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, the people of Wales gathered the financial resources and commissioned Welsh artist, John Petts, to design a new window to replace the south-facing window of the church's sanctuary. The depiction of Christ shows his hands outstretched with the right hand pushing against oppression with the left hand open, representing the acceptance of reconciliation, the openness to forgive.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Remember this movie? We eat at the original Whistle Stop Cafe. It's
real name is The Irondale Cafe in Irondale. Train tracks are really
right out the front door. Another "Meat And Three (sides)" style
buffet. James, our bus driver, is now part of our BPC community. I'm
getting used to being called Miss Caron.