Featured Stories
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76-year-old woman walks from Chicago to Montgomery for racial equity
Story with Scott Minshall and Addie Weaver on CBS 42. Videography by Daniel Rives.
Birmingham, AL • August 11, 2024 -
One woman is walking from Chicago to Montgomery to speak out about racial injustice
Rachelle Zola walks ten to fifteen miles a day, pushing a small handcart adorned with a sign that says, “ASK ME WHY AM I WALKING 754 MILES?” The 76-year-old woman is walking from Chicago, Illinois, to Montgomery, Alabama, to raise awareness of racial injustice in America.
Interview with Sara Güven of NPR.
Birmingham, AL • August 23, 2024 -
Rachelle Zola of Late Love walks from Chicago to Selma
Rachelle Zola performed her show along the 754-mile walk to generate conversations about race in America. On September 7 she performed at the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma. The performance was followed by a discussion from the perspective of folks who live in the shadow of the nation’s most iconic Civil Rights symbol.
Story with Deborah Fisher of Black Belt News.
Selma, AL • September 7, 2024 -
‘We have to be part of the solution’: White woman walking for racial equality stops in Huntsville
Interview with Darryl Burke on CBS News 19 WHNT.
Huntsville, AL • July 13, 2024 -
76-year-old woman completes walk from Chicago to Alabama for racial equity
Interview with Erica Thompson, Joshua Easter, one of the show’s featured storytellers, praised the production. “It was great to hear different stories from different people,” said Easter, 32, who is co-founder and chief operating officer of A Greater Good Foundation, which serves young people from low-income families.
Story with Erica Thompson of the Chicago Sun Times. Photography by Charles Williams LUSH Photography.
Chicago, IL • October 2, 2024 -
76-year-old woman to walk over 700 miles for racial equality
Interview with Nikki Hauser on News Channel 5. Video by Jim Garbee.
Nashville, TN • June 21, 2024 -
75-year-old woman walks through Paxton on 750-mile mission
Interview with Jack Krumm of WCIA.
Champaign-Urbana, IL • April 23, 2024 -
75-year-old to walk from North Lawndale to Alabama, performing one-woman show to call out racism
Interview with Jasmine Minor of ABC 7 News.
Chicago, IL • March 29, 2024 -
One woman's mission to reimagine a world without racism
Rachelle Zola is preparing for a pilgrimage to Montgomery, Alabama, to bring attention to social justice and racial equality, and she’s using storytelling to get her point across.
NBC News 5 with LeeAnn Trotter. Photo by Andy Swindler.
Chicago, IL • March 11, 2024 -
White woman on pilgrimage to talk about racism says a collective can end it
Interview and article by Deborah Bayliss. Photo by Alejandra Guerrero.
Chicago, IL • March 13, 2024 -
She’s white. She’s 73. And she’s on a 40-day hunger strike for slavery reparations: ‘Am I willing to die for this?’
Interview with Rachelle Zola in the Chicago Tribune about her 40-day hunger strike demanding Congress pass H.R. 40: Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act.
Interview and article by Nara Schoenberg. Photo by Brian Cassella.
Chicago, IL • June 17, 2021 -
"My voice is only getting stronger!"
Interview by Jon Hansen on WGN Radio #HungerStrike #HR40. Photo by Michael Bracey Photography.
Chicago, IL • June 21, 2021
