Oops, it's been a while. I have pics from visiting the Biltmore and Asheville in North Carolina and family in Savannah but I'm really glad that I visited Alabama last Saturday to look at a lot of civil rights history. A friend and I went to Selma where we the walks to Montgomery had originated in 1965. We then followed the route and saw the Civil Rights Memorial and Museum in Montgomery which is dedicated to the memory of those who died fighting for civil rights, especially during the years 1954-1968. Fortunately my cousin had visited a lot of these sites while planning a social studies curriculum for her school so I knew to look for a small, out of the way museum that I never would have found otherwise. It was the Museum of Slavery and the Civil War which was a very intense experience. We caught the end of a reenactment of several parts of the slave experience and its something that more people, actually everybody, should hear, see and feel. From the loading onto the ships to the Middle Passage to the auctions to the separation of families, they are all intense experiences that should be remembered.
The first photo is from the National Park Service's Interpretive Center which is located between Selma and Montgomery. The second is some of the people who died during the movement. This group of children died on September 15, 1963. The four girls died in the Birmingham church bombing and the boy was killed by other kids later in the day. The last is a view of the memorial which has the names of people who died etched in it. It was designed my Maya Lin, the same woman who designed the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.
Here is a link to the gallery of photos from the trip as well.
http://notquitedailyjen.smugmug.com/Travel/Alabama-Civil-Rights-Trip/10448136_P3mCL/1/724734691_3TDLG
