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By Sydney Peskin

The morning started by driving from Atlanta to Montgomery.  We arrived early, so we made a surprise visit to the minor league baseball stadium in Montgomery…the home of the Montgomery Biscuits!

The first thing on our schedule was to see where …

By Maddy Feiner

Today we had an eventful day in Alabama. It is very hot down here but very beautiful and rich in history.  First stop was the Rosa Parks Museum. The thing that affected and stood out to me at this museum was the holography movie that recreated the …

By Jesse Gott

After waking up from a much needed night of sleep, we started our 2.5 hour drive to Montgomery, Alabama. However, we did not expect to get stuck in 45 minutes of traffic just outside of Atlanta. Finally, we crossed the state line when our bus driver, Carlton, …

By Samantha Brody

For our first meeting on the road, the trip went smoothly. Two and a half hours after we left Atlanta we arrived in Montgomery, Alabama. There we went back to the beginning of the Civil Rights movement… the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Rosa Parks.

Located at the …

By Ethan Hassenfeld

“And this is Etgar 36” was what the little voice in my head said to me when I woke up this morning. After breakfast and a two and a half hour ride we arrived in Montgomery, Alabama.

Stepping off our home on wheels, the Rosa Parks Museum …

From Ben Kline:

Today was a very busy and exciting day! After our drive from Atlanta to Montgomery, we went to the Rosa Park Museum located on the exact spot where she created a revolution on December 1, 1955. We watched an interesting reenactment which showed exactly how the historic …

From Ben Tepfer:

“Sweet Home Alabama!” As we crossed the state line into Alabama from Georgia, that song echoed through the bus. We arrived in Montgomery and there we continued our journey. The first thing we did was stand at the site of the bus stop where Rosa Parks got …

From Lisa L., Nashville, TN:

Our first day on the road with Etgar36! Montgomery, Alabama is our first stop of the trip. Halfway there a tire blows. I have never seen a raggedier tire in my life. We spent the next hour playing Frisbee, tossing a football, and listening to …

From Josh P. (15 years old from Asheville, NC):

We were very anxious about our next guide who we had heard little about.  As we pulled up to Birmingham Civil Rights Institute there was a very tall black man who was dressed in a stylish green polyester suit. This was …