Fastrac Students from Iowa City walk around the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama in 2012. The black church was the site of a racially motivated bombing in 1963 that killed four black girls. (Courtesy: Circe Stumbo)

An Iowa City nonprofit organization is seeking sponsors to help local teenagers go on a civil rights tour.

FasTrac, a program that emphasizes school work, community involvement and college preparation and is made up primarily of young black people, goes on an annual tour of colleges and civil rights landmarks in the South.

FasTrac is part of the Mayor’s Youth Empowerment Program, and the organization is seeking sponsors to help students 13 to 18 years old go on the trip from June 8-16. For more information, contact FasTrac Director Henri Harper at (319) 341-0060 ext. 7004 or h.harper@myep.us.