We’re on our way to the “heaviest corner on Earth”

It's in the city with the country's oldest baseball stadium No Images? Click here     Greetings from the road! We’re on our way from Memphis, Tennessee, to Birmingham, Alabama -- where one intersection earned the nickname “the heaviest corner on Earth” in the early 20th century because of its four massive skyscrapers. After eating our share of BBQ spaghetti in Memphis, we ventured to the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel. To enter the museum, you pass the perfectly preserved facade of the motel. A wreath hangs from the balcony on the second floor, marking the location where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot in 1968. Even before walking through the door, you're immersed in the living, breathing history of the civil rights movement.   Partway through HuffPost’s self-guided tour, Melissa Radzimski spoke to Faith Morris, the museum's chief marketing and external affairs officer. Morris said the museum wants its visitors to recognize that the civil rights movement "never really ended." The fight for equality didn’t stop with the march to Montgomery or the Memphis sanitation workers strike. "Civil rights is not a spectator's sport,” Morris said. "[Every time] something major happens in the news, 100 new people come to the museum,” she added — a reminder that history is still happening. Dreamers in Alaska and Texas fight to stay in the U.S. Photo courtesy of Karla Perez Karla, who lives in Texas, and Ana, who lives in Alaska, told us about coming to the U.S., growing up undocumented and becoming activists. THEIR STORIES     The beauty of the Magic City Courtesy of @ladymarie1989 Check out the most Instagram-friendly places in Birmingham. FOLLOW THE RAINBOW How could we go to Alabama and not listen to, well, Alabama?   We have these songs playing as we cruise into town.   LISTEN ALONG Southern street style   Sara Saxon of Birmingham told us what’s popular in her city. “Not only do you have the classic Southern Belle style, but there’s also a trendier, edgier side,” she said.    Birmingham, we want to see you! The Listen To America bus will be in Railroad Park tomorrow. Stop by, tell a HuffPost reporter what’s on your mind, and pick up some swag!     Join us virtually on the bus! Ride along with our editor-in-chief, Lydia Polgreen, as she dispatches news from the road via Facebook Messenger. Learn more about what it really means to be an American by signing up for our morning news brief.  Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. For more politics news, check out our HuffPost Politics email. ©2017 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe   - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe