Today we met the amazing Joanne Bland and she gave us a tour of Selma. What stuck out to me was when Joanne took us to the cemetery where there was a statue indicating that the founder of the Klu Klux Klan was going as a hero. I think that is horrible to praise a man who inflicted harm on a group of people. Joanne also showed us how the homes of blacks and whites were on different sides of the street. The homes on the black side where smaller than the homes on the white side. I didn't understand that because even though the blacks homes might be smaller they're all still in the same community.
We had lunch with Kirk Carrington & Joanne Bland and after we had a Q&A session. Joanne & Kirk told us about how it was when they all marched across the bridge. She also explained how the Jews were also treated and explains how she wondered why they didn't side with the blacks. Which to me would've made since, because they would've help take a stand. Overall meeting Joanne Bland & Kirk Carrington was great, its awesome hearing about the Civil Rights Movement from people who experienced it.
Breanna Cooper
City Neighbors High School
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