High School students ride over 900 miles to honor racial unity

HUNTSVILLE, Ala (WHNT) — We all know the saying, you can do anything you set your mind to, and for a group of high school students out of Wisconsin, they are certainly living proof of that phrase.

“Biking all these miles in the heat with that elevation… they’re complaining, but they love it,” said Kate Vestlie.

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10 students are choosing to spend their summer biking from Madison, Wisconsin all the way to Montgomery, Alabama, with one value in mind: unity.

“For me, I’m just trying to spread more like awareness of what race amity is and try to convince people to go out of their way and make an effort to do something about it,” said Olive Maggiore…

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