In honor of MLK day, this is the second and final part of the two part civil rights” historical tour specific to Birmingham, Selma, and Montgomery. It was quite the way to close out 2023 and as previously mentioned, I’m incredibly grateful to have taken part in this journey and I hope that all of you can learn something from this series. We’ll definitely be back at some point (hopefully soon) to experience more of the history that occurred in Birmingham. Otherwise, I hope this trip although short, inspires all of you to learn more about the history of this country whether that means reading firsthand accounts of the atrocities committed against Black people and other minorities or visiting these sites if given the opportunity. Of course there were highs such as visiting the site of the Montgomery Brawl and overall just spending time with my father and brother but the South has always been a painful place to me. I hope that this vlog sheds at least some light on the events that make it feel this way.
This vlog is for those who want to learn more about the civil rights movement.
0:00 chicken soup and rice
0:11 itinerary simplified
0:35 I love love love this set / folding chairs
1:20 lavender oil
1:52 so I just took my hair out…
2:07 we couldn’t get our hands on a folding chair
2:22 walking walking walking
2:26 THERE’S A FOLDING CHAIR
2:43 folding chair fun
3:08 that was such a fun endeavor
3:34 a little bit about what happened
3:50 she’s a little taller than me
3:57 where Rosa Parks was arrested
4:04 THE CONFEDERATE FLAG?!?!?!?
4:17 the 16th street baptist church
4:35 “a new beginning”
4:41 the sign lol
4:45 a little history about the church
5:23 on a separate note
5:29 here she is (the full view)
5:40 thoughts on the walk to the park
6:03 these are the four girls
6:35 the people of Wales donated this-
6:45 MLK JR.
7:09 a kwanza calendar + the irony of it
7:31 the Birmingham civil rights institute…
7:39 …or not…
8:06 Birmingham hotel
8:21 we walk to room
8:35 oh my goodness
8:58 Jim n Nick’s bbq
9:37 the menu + what should I get??
10:04 “kosher-esque”
10:50 corn muffins?
11:25 the wings have arrived
11:29 good
11:47 lunch!!!!
11:58 first taste of Alabama brisket
12:26 the food was too sexy (minus the Mac and cheese)
12:58 now we’re going to Anniston
13:35 that looks like a body-
13:47 my eyes are sexy
13:58 goodbye yellow brick road
15:01 we made it
15:10 greyhound bus station protest
15:13 background info
15:54 the sky kind of looks like the Fiji sky…
16:18 of course I come to Alabama and get shawarma
16:50 pita vs laffa
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