I learned, when traveling to Birmingham, a lot about the visual concepts of the segregation era, the 16th Street Baptist Church, and history on "bombingham" during the 1950s. One of the most interesting information I learned was about the bombing of the church and how the former KKK was finally brought to court and arrested fourteen years later. When traveling to Birmingham, it brought the whole sitting in a desk and watching a film to reality when we actually stood on the grounds that held so much history background. As I sat in the 16th street church staring at the real and somewhat famous Jesus window, which had Jesus's head punched out after the bombing, I felt excited and moved by actually experiencing the church with my own eye perspective. After experiencing and learning all about the historical 16th Street Baptist Church, Park, and the civil rights museum I feel more educated and sympathetic for this certain time era and my thoughts are changed.
I would recommend next years class going on this well educated and experiencing this time era with their own perspectives. I would agree with letting them have as much freedom as we did this year, such as going to lunch with a group of three. Im actually really glad I experienced this trip with some of my closest friends, and that I could share my own experience with my family. I would have wished we would had just a few more days of learning more about the segregation era, since this museum impacted my thoughts and opinion.
This is the Jesus window I described in my first paragraph.
