Day 17
August 28th 2012
When we wake up in Farish avenue methodist church, Reverend Brooks comes to welcome us. He tells us the story of Afro-Americans civil rights struggle and the story of Selma's bridge, where we will make a stop tomorrow.
Reverend Daniel Brooks
During a public speech, he mentions that prison business is based on the same segregation and is linked to the war against drugs. For him, this war is a state policy, not a government policy, because even democrat governments follow it. He proposes to ask Obama to review his position.
07 New York
11 washington
In the Capitol, Sicilia meets important members of the local Afroamerican community. The idea is to create a common protest movement, because both communities, Latin and Afroamerican, are segregated in the same way.