I’ve always loved looking up. In New York City, the sight of skyscrapers towering toward heaven inspires me. It reminds me of the greatness of the human mind, and all we have achieved. Here in the South, I have fallen in love with the sky. I also love that it’s February and I can still walk around in just jeans and a t-shirt. I know it’s cold up north, so I made this video for y’all—a window into summer, to maybe warm your day up a little. …
Constantino Diaz-Duran is a fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University. He is chronicling his walk from New York to Los Angeles to celebrate his eligibility for American citizenship. Follow Constantino’s progress.
I took a short trip to Montgomery a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to see the city that was both the first capital of the Confederacy and arguably the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement. I wanted to pay homage to one of my heroes, Rosa Parks, and walk down the streets where she pronounced the “no” heard around the world. …
Constantino Diaz-Duran is a fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University. He is chronicling his walk from New York to Los Angeles to celebrate his eligibility for American citizenship. Follow Constantino’s progress.
If I had walked a straight line across the continent, I would probably be home–or close to it–by now. But the walk South and the stay in Alabama have been worth the delay. I’m still headed south for a few hundred miles more (I can’t miss New Orleans), but I’m now ready to start the westward trek. I’m fixin’ (that’s Southern for “getting ready”) to leave Tuscaloosa, and I’m hoping to be in the Big Easy for Mardi Gras. …
Constantino Diaz-Duran is a fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University. He is chronicling his walk from New York to Los Angeles to celebrate his eligibility for American citizenship. Follow Constantino’s progress.
“We all got a hillbilly bone down deep inside, no matter where you’re from, you just can’t hide,” sings Blake Shelton. Well, I’m getting ready to hit the road again after the holidays, and as I see my days in the Deep South numbered, all I can say is that I’ve taken to it “like a pig to mud, like a cow to cud.” …
Constantino Diaz-Duran is a fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University. He is chronicling his walk from New York to Los Angeles to celebrate his eligibility for American citizenship. Follow Constantino’s progress.…
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