Birmingham Day Trip-Civil Rights

I believe that the Civil Rights trip was an insightful experience. Although it did not change my opinion of the time I did learn a lot of facts that I had never heard before. I had heard of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing before but I did not know that it took 14 years to bring the first man that participated in this crime to justice. I also found it interesting that only the face of Christ was destroyed on the window.

The group that I went to lunch with finished early leaving us time to explore parts of down town Birmingham. Our journey through the city eventually led us back to the park in from of the museum. I found the art in the park to be very impactful. The most impactful piece that I saw was of metal dogs seemingly jumping out at the person walking through. Allowing the by passer to  understand what it was to have police dogs attacking you.

I thought that the museum was a great enhancement to the learning experience. After watching the video and learning about the brutal force that was used on the children when they began to riot, I found it interesting to actually be able to see the tank that was used by the police. Seeing real artifacts from that time made the whole situation become more real rather than just watching a video.

Monument