First Day- Ancient History?

This was a great first day to start the trip. I did not know what to expect but I can say after we went to the school and museum it was a great intro to the trip.

When we watch the documentary about the A&T 4 I was shocked about how young those boys were when they decided to take it upon themselves to do something bigger than them. They had so much to lose just themselves and so much to gain for everybody else.

Stopping by the school to see the statue became real to me, seeing this with my naked eye opened up a whole new world of reality on things that were going during those times.

Going to the museum was even more real. The fact that this isn’t ancient history and you get to see all the heroes that sacrificed their time and well-being to fight for the rights of people shouldn’t have been rocket science. Fun fact, the museum is the same building where the Woolworth restaurant was at. Matter of fact the same tilling that’s on the floor is the same today. This alone was just eye-opening to think that this is not like ancient history. The same seating is still the same in the gallery and since this was the headquarters of the franchise chain it was a big restaurant. Walking through the museum was just a lot to take in. An emotional moment just taking all those things in at once. I was even shocked to see that Coca-Cola participated in the segregation of whites and blacks, making the other side of the vending machine be not only for black people only but more expensive too. Racism is a systematic thing and if it took 300days for the bus services to desegregate I think after the tour I will be able to dedicate my whole life to an agent of change in any way that I can.

I enjoyed the first day so far, and I am anticipating all that I will learn tomorrow.

Nathan Ncube

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