Celebrating the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. January 18, 2016

Cycling Celebration
Slow Roll Chicago organized the Big Marsh Freedom Ride & Day to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

While the weather didn't cooperate for a ride, the celebration took place at the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum. 

Slow Roll Chicago Group - Olatunji Oboi Reed posted pictures from the day

CNN Video featuring Slow Roll Chicago talking about MLK Boulevard i...
Almost every major American city has an MLK boulevard -- and an address there has become almost synonymous with poverty and crime. How did that happen, and can it change? ‪#‎MLKDay2016‬ 

Story from Gear Junkie: "Little-Known Heroes: All-Black 25th Infant...

In June of 1897, the all-black company of the 25th Mobile Infantry, under command of a white lieutenant and accompanied by a medic and a journalist, embarked on a journey across America’s heartland — from Fort Missoula, Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri — to “test most thoroughly the bicycle as a means of transportation for troops.”

Their trek would span 41 days and 1,900 miles and pit the men against sandhills, the Rocky Mountains, rain, snow, poison, and more. Decades before Dr. King had his famous dream, these men were sweating together, bleeding together, and biking together as a team.

Last Year's Slow Roll Ride to Big Marsh (2015):
Photos by Chainlinker Andy Moss

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