“Students ran barefoot onto Lido Beach and went ankle deep in the clear saltwater. It was a moment of reconciliation after they learned about the struggle that local civil rights activists faced to even step foot on the sand.
About 20 teenagers from the Roy McBean Boys & Girls Club went on a trolley tour around Newtown’s historic civil rights sites and heard from local activists such as Jetson Grimes, Pam Moreland, Fredd Atkins and Carolyn Mason. Throughout the ride, passengers sang freedom songs which civil rights activists sang.”
Read more from the Herald Tribune:
https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20180609/sarasota-county-civil-rights-history-comes-alive-for-local-youth
