Day 2- Memphis by Beau

Seeing the Lorraine Motel today was a real eye-opener. Seeing the spot where Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed was something I never thought I would see. There was also a bus from the 1960's and Rosa Parks was riding in the front and the bus driver was having a lot of hostility and open anger towards her. The next thing that was a real eye-opener for me was seeing clay models of protesters wearing "I am a man." What was an eye-opener about that was black people had to protest in their own country, on there own land, and in front of their own people.

We also visited the Stax museum which was about a black recording company which turned into a muli-million dollar profit company. Not only was it a way for blacks to make an income, it was a way for them to express how they felt about segregation and what was happening to them. There was also a group called " Booker T. and the MG'S." The surprising thing about this was that Booker T. was black, and two of the MG's were white. Another group I thought was surprising were "Sam and Dave," because these were two black men singing and dancing and almost doing stand-up comedy.