On March 7, we traveled to Birmingham, one of the main hubs of activity during the Civil Rights movement in Alabama, for a day long activity focusing on the movement and its dramatic impact on the United States, particularly the South. We were joined by students and their local coordinator from the Montgomery area, as well as Alix Kreder from the CIEE national office who was in Alabama on a site visit. The day included a program at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, site of a KKK bombing in 1963 in which four little girls were killed, the Civil Rights Institute, a museum focusing on the movement in Alabama, and a memorial park located in the heart of the historically black neighborhood where locals and nationally known figures like Martin Luther King planned marches, sit-ins and other activities for the movement. The day concluded when we went to see
Selma, a recently released feature film chronicling
Bloody Sunday and the voter rights marches from Selma to Montgomery in 1965.
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| Alix (top left) and the students in front of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church |
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| Students in from of Civil Rights Institute |
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| Special exhibit at the Institute |
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Student enjoy lunch with Alix, top right
Scene from Selma (1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery)
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