Over all this trip has truly been amazing! Walking over the Edmund Pettis Bridge was a great experience! Imagining what the marchers went through gave me an inspiration! It inspired me to do what i think is right and to know that anyone could accomplish a goal if they put their mind to it. If it were up to me I probably would not have had the courage to do what they did. They knew the kind of violence they were facing but they never gave up. They had dogs, firehoses, and policemen turned on them. Facing that much amount if violence but not returning it was a huge task to do. Many people today could not even participate in the movement because they would not be able to restrain themselves from violence. They had a lot of pressure on them but they stood strong and stood up for what they believed in. Being in the south my whole life, I have had an experience where people would not speak to me because of the color of my skin. When I greet them with a big hello and a smile some often return it. There were often times where they didn't speak to me they would just ignore me and continue doing what they were doing. I think that today majority of the racism is in the elderly population. They have their minds made up on how things should be in society. Some still believe that whites and blacks should still be separate. I think the younger children of today won't judge people by the color of their skin but by their character. It's up to the younger generation to help change the way people think of each other by it judging them by the color of their skin.
-Kenisha Lindsey, Simmons High School
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