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ATLANTA, GA, UNITED STATES, February 2, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The U.S. Civil Rights Trail is expanding in 2026,
Students at Hendersonville Middle School took part in an event honoring Black History Month by sharing experiences from the civil rights movement.
Bland grew up in Selma and became involved in the Civil Rights Movement as a child foot soldier in the 1960s, participating in the historic Selma voting rights marches, including Bloody Sunday.
Her portrayal focuses on December 1955, when Parks was arrested for refusing to surrender her bus seat, a quiet act of defiance that became a catalyst for change.
The Canton Freedom House, key to the US Civil Rights Movement and the last CORE site in Mississippi, joins the Mississippi Freedom Trail.