Civil rights activist Bettie Mae Fikes visited Eugene high schools this week, giving students an opportunity to hear from a living representative of the 1960s movement to end racial segregation in America.
She wove stories with freedom songs in her presentation to Churchill High School students on Friday, May 29, and centered her message on the heart.
“What has been left out of this movement, this country and this world is love,” Fikes said. “Our purpose is to love one another.”…