{"id":1499,"date":"2017-11-20T18:25:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T18:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning201314\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2017-11-21T16:11:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:11:35","slug":"nashville-an-interesting-case-to-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/immersionlearning\/2017\/11\/20\/nashville-an-interesting-case-to-ward\/","title":{"rendered":"Nashville; an interesting case to Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ian Ward<\/em>\u00a0\u201919 –\u00a0Today, I along with my classmates visited Nashville, as well as the site of the\u00a0Highlander school. There was a sense of new understanding, as well as a curiosity\u00a0and even a sense of awe.<\/p>\n

This new understanding was in the realm of me knowing that Nashville\u00a0was in fact traditionally very segregated, and only after local campaigns and action\u00a0did substantive change occur. What I mean by this, is that up until a change in policy\u00a0in November 1960 Nashville was very segregated, and its mayor stood by the policy\u00a0as just and legal, as well as the way things needed to be. Due to this stance, locals\u00a0began to conduct peaceful sit-ins in early 1960 and over a period of many months\u00a0public pressure mounted to the level that lunch counters were desegregated. This\u00a0new understanding also included in learning about the mastermind of the Nashville\u00a0movement: James Lawson. This former divinity student with a deep understanding\u00a0of Gandhi\u00a0–\u00a0like protest styles took the lead in teaching non-violent principles to\u00a0locals and helped the movement become the success that is was.<\/p>\n

This learning of Lawson led me to curiosity in the aspect that I have never\u00a0heard of him in common literature, and outside the Nashville Movement his role\u00a0seems more behind the scenes. Why? I can\u2019t answer that particular question,\u00a0however it seems that like many that weren\u2019t the pillars of the Civil Rights\u00a0Movement, our education system seems to overlook the many and focus on the few that are very recognizable, and at least in theory \u201ceasier\u201d to explain.<\/p>\n

My awe in Nashville regarding the civil Rights Movement began when, we\u00a0were able to see a site of a sit in (what was then and is now) a Walgreens. Seeing a\u00a0place where history happened gives what we have read about more of a purpose. It\u00a0also makes you realize that behind all the images, the actions that made up the Civil\u00a0Rights Movement did happen in all of its glory for African Americans and shame for\u00a0the oppressors. Also, we were able to see the Civil Rights Room at the Nashville\u00a0Public Library where one quote by Martin Luther King Jr. really sums up the\u00a0movement in Nashville\u00a0–\u00a0\u201cI came to Nashville not to bring inspiration, but to gain\u00a0inspiration from the great movement that has taken place in\u00a0this community.” This\u00a0quote struck me in the aspect that it highlights Nashville\u2019s not only independence\u00a0from the larger movement, but also highlighted the success of Nashville and that\u00a0Non-Violence was the way to go to succeed<\/p>\n

From Nashville, we stopped briefly at the Highlander Folk School Site, where\u00a0it is clear that there were in fact that secluded, and also that it is a serene place for\u00a0learning and contemplation in such a tumultuous time.\u00a0This is what I personally gathered from day one of Wally on\u00a0Wheels and I only know\u00a0that from here my experience will only get better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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