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USA
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Before
we left on our trip, Chuck McDew spoke
with us about his experience working in
the Civil Rights movement and with SNCC.
This was the first time I had actually
heard someone tell their personal story
about this time, and I was amazed at how
deeply it touched me. I had read stories
and watched movies telling peoples’
stories, but being removed like that always
kept it from being real for me.
Talking with Chuck, I realized how his
experience still shaped who he is today,
and for him, this wasn’t a chapter
in a history book, it was his life.
Throughout the trip, we spoke with people
who were involved with the movement on
many different levels and in many different
aspects. We spoke with a couple who wrote
songs and were involved with civil rights
music, a woman who had walked across the
Edward Peters Bridge on Bloody Sunday
when she was eleven years old, a sanitation
worker who was with Dr. King the day before
he was killed, and many others.
Each of these people and their stories
helped me to see how complex the movement
was and how people are still affected
by the times. Talking with individuals
really opened my eyes to the people of
the movement, instead of just seeing the
movement as events in history.
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