On our trip, we made an effort to go out of our comfort zones and meet the men and women of the communities we were visiting. We met many inspiring people in Georgia and Alabama; they told us about themselves, their lives, and what the Civil Rights movement means to them. These notable men and women include activists like Ms. Louretta Wimberly, Mr. Bruce Boynton and Mrs. Betty Boynton, as well as guides like Nedra and Ms. Wanda. The trip wouldn't have been what it was without the human connections that we made while we were traveling.
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This section of the website is dedicated to original student writings. These pieces are very specific recollections of the most thought-provoking moments and experiences from the trip. Over the deep south experiential trip, students immersed themselves in places that they had studied in school. After each experience, students had the opportunity to reflect in their journals. Many wrote about a powerful exhibit, or the feeling of experiencing a student sit-in simulation. Others described the rush after a baseball game, the sugar high after tasting 200 flavors of Coke, or seeing a famous memorial in person.
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In this collection of writings, we match experiences from our trip with significant moments in the Civil Rights Movement. Students assumed the task of conducting independent research about topics of their choice, ranging from discrimination in the space program to student sit-ins. The experience of researching the Civil Rights movement brought the classroom to life for students when they visited the places they had studied and live them for themselves.
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Throughout their trip to the deep south, students found themselves surrounded by art. Be it a painting, song, or even a video, art can have a huge impact on our daily lives and emotions. All kinds of art can affect our mood in a positive way, making us feel happier, calmer, or even inspired to do something. Art is everywhere, influencing us daily, whether we realize it or not. Students felt privileged to be able to create all types of art on the trip: from political paintings to small sketches in their journals, students close-read their art in order to understand and express the themes of the trip more profoundly.
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OUR FAVORITE MEMORIES . . .
Marshall: Being able to go to a major league baseball game.
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Truman: Drinking a cup of blazing hot sauce at Buffalo Wild Wings.
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Siri: Meeting Mr. and Mrs. Boynton and going to the Coca Cola factory.
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Juliet: Going on the Civil Bikes Tour.
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West: Going to Muscle Shoals and learning more about music.
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Booker: Going to Muscle Shoals.
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Ellery: Walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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Parker: Going to the Coke museum and tasting all the Cokes.
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Audrey: Going on the Civil Bikes tour.
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Graham: Going to space camp and learning more about space.
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Mateo: Going to space camp and being able to meet the Boyntons.
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Sofia: Doing everybody’s hair on the drive home.
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Miles: Going to the Center for Civil Human Rights and going to the Coke museum.
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Grace: Singing with this little light of mine with Ms. Wanda.
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TJ: Getting on the jumbotron twice at a major league baseball game.
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Jasper: Truman drinking a cup of blazing hot sauce. Wheeling him into the hotel on a luggage cart afterwards because he couldn't walk.
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Archer: Meeting Bruce Boynton and his wife.
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Ruby: Walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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Mollie: Writing songs in Mary’s van.
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Joe: Going to Mussel Shoals and FAME.
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Hannah: Going to Space Camp.
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Finn: Going to Space Camp and conversing about space.
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Sol: NEED CONTENT
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Mary: Seeing how much learning about the Civil Rights movement has impacted my students.
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Brett: NEED CONTENT
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Paul: Going to Space Camp.
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Jesse: NEED CONTENT
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