The Civil Rights Montgomery Trip - Student Reflection

Our Civil Rights Trip to Montgomery, Alabama was great. I think everyone had fun and learned equally a lot. Some of the places we visited are the Legacy Museum, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, and the Civil Rights Memorial Center.    

I learned so much about Alabama's history as a state, and our history as a country. I learned the horrible past we as a country, the United States of America, have, and that so many people have tried to hide it. This includes slavery, lynching, and the horrible treatment of African people and their descendants. Sometimes I wish I could hide that history too, but we as humans need to face our past and we do not need to do it alone. We need to do it as a team, as a group, with our families, and no one will need to face our history alone. The Civil Rights Group faced history by going to Montgomery, Alabama. We were sad, but we faced a big part of our history and there is more to come.

By Lillie C.

At Dexter Avenue with our guide Wanda

At Dexter Avenue at Martin Luther King, Jr.'s podium

One of our dads saying goodbye to Wanda