{"id":1494,"date":"2017-11-20T16:08:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T16:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning201314\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2017-11-21T16:15:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:15:03","slug":"civil-rights-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/2017\/11\/20\/civil-rights-road-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Rights Road Trip: David Ortega \u201920"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1495\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning201314\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/11\/David-Ortega_Nashville-Sit-In-Marker-e1511193940977.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1495 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning201314\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/11\/David-Ortega_Nashville-Sit-In-Marker-e1511193940977-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sign at location of Nashville Sit-in during Civil Rights Movement\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/11\/David-Ortega_Nashville-Sit-In-Marker-e1511193940977-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/11\/David-Ortega_Nashville-Sit-In-Marker-e1511193940977-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/11\/David-Ortega_Nashville-Sit-In-Marker-e1511193940977.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sign at location of Nashville Sit-in during Civil Rights Movement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>David Ortega \u201920 &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>Our immersion trip began with a brief tour of Nashville, TN by a Wabash alumnus. The\u00a0alumnus spoke about the history of the Civil Rights Movement and how Nashville was at the\u00a0time. Immediately, we witnessed pieces of history from the movement still present. The\u00a0group walked passed a Walgreens that is open and running, which was also open during the\u00a0CRM. The Walgreens was also where a sit-in took place in 1960 when Walgreens had a\u00a0lunch counter. The establishment that used to openly support segregation serves as a\u00a0reminder to present day society of the tensions felt less than a hundred years ago. After, our\u00a0group went to Capitol Grounds, where we saw monuments and memorials. The most\u00a0surprising part of this experience was the giant statue commemorating Edward Carmack,\u00a0who is best known for driving Ida B Wells out of town. Primarily, I had never considered\u00a0Tennessee as part of the South. Regardless of Tennessee having segregation issues during\u00a0the CRM, I do not understand the necessity of keeping up the statue\u00a0of Edward Carmack and\u00a0hope that it can be removed. We then went to a library in town that has a section dedicated\u00a0to the civil rights era. It was here we watched a documentary further explaining the sit-ins\u00a0that occurred in Tennessee and the societal relations of the time. It was an amazing\u00a0opportunity to observe in person the strategic planning and training needed when\u00a0implementing non-violent marches that receive violence in return out of racial hate. This\u00a0made me debate about how the location of Tennessee played a factor in the amount of\u00a0violence used by white officers and police compared to town in Mississippi. Regardless of\u00a0the severity, it amazed me how active college students were in the CRM regardless of advice\u00a0and demand of authorities or parents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Ortega \u201920 &#8211;\u00a0Our immersion trip began with a brief tour of Nashville, TN by a Wabash alumnus. 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