ATLANTA—Two hundred people celebrated the February 27 arrival here of four college students from Miami who are walking to Washington, D.C., to publicize the fight for immigrant rights. Prior to the celebration dozens of people marched with them after hearing about it on the radio. As the demonstration of about 125 people passed through predominantly Black, working-class neighborhoods people cheered from their porches and lawns.

— LISA POTASH AND JACOB PERASSO