I enjoyed the trip to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. I learned a lot and the museum was very interesting. One thing that really shocked me was when we were watching the film,
The Children's March, at the portion of the video where they talked about the trial. This part of the video shocked me because I know the lawyer, Art Hanes, because he is the grandfather of my nextdoor neighbor and best friend since preschool, Jake Green. The reason it was REALLY shocking to me was because Jake is a pathological liar and I did not believe him when he told me that his grandfather was involved in the trials of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bomber and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. I guess for once he told the truth. While I was at the Civil Rights Institute I was surprised to learn that the children used fake names when they were interrogated in jail because if they used their real names, then their parents could get fired from their jobs.
Learning about Civil Rights is more interesting in a museum because they have a lot of pictures, videos, and artifacts which made it easier to visualize what it was like. This experience did not change my perspective, however, it did strengthen my view of how wrong it was that African Americans were treated like animals. I thought it was cool not only seeing the videos of what happened but also the places where they happened.
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