Day 215 - MLK day

Montgomery to Charleston

Our tour of the Dexter Parsonage Museum was at 10am. Martin Luther King was the pastor here and also lived in the house nearby. There was only the two of us on the tour which was taken by Dr. Shirly Cherry, who had experienced segregation and now was the tour director. She was a real character who did a fantastic job. She also took us to visit Vera Harris who lived a few houses down and was actively involved during the period, and her daughter who used to babysit MLK's children.

We were handed the keys and allowed to open the door to Martin Luther King's home. Once we entered we heard many interesting stories about the house, MLK, and his family. Dr. Cherry really made the period become alive, she has a special ability and passion and also likes to weave some life lessons into her stories, which she does in a stern but very engaging way. The hour long tour ended up taking two hours as Dr. Cherry couldn't resist giving us just one more bit of information, but the time just flew.

After finishing a little later than we had planned we pressed on to Charleston, stopping for lunch on the outskirts of Atlanta along the way before we reached our destination quite late.