Today we did a lot of things. First thing this morning we went on a bus tour of New Orleans. We got to see the school that Ruby Bridge's integrated. Plus we got to see where Homer Plessy was arrested which led to the Supreme Court Case that legalized segregation. Then we saw the church where Martin Luther King Jr. started the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. We also saw what happened because of Hurrican Katrina. It was so sad to see that about half of the homes are still empty.After the bus tour we went to the Tulane University to see the Amistad Research Center. We learned about the Amistad slave uprising. I did not know about the Amistad so I learned some new things. I was happy that the slaves were able to go back to Africa. In the picture we are reading a copy of the letter that some of the freed men and children wrote President Adams to thank him for freeing them. One of the children on the slave ship was my age. That made me sad.
Then we went to lunch. After lunch we went on a swamp tour it was so fun. When the swamp tour was done we went to the French Quarter and went shopping. Then we went to preservation hall, to see a old time jazz band. The bass drummer was 79 and was awesome. Mr. Wells would have loved it! Mrs. Huston would
love it too.
18 comments:
you look like your haveing fun!!!
is that a delong pride passport?
if it is than yay delong pride!!
you guys are looking diffrent directons
How fun :P Go DELONG!
EMILY it looks lik ur havin so much fun! but we miss u here and if u dont kno who this is tis Lauren L
Wow! That's so cool! I studied about Ruby Bridges! Cute jacket Morgan!
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Anonymous (S.T.)
Looks like your having a blast:)! Wish I could be there! We are have a heat wave 30 degrees:)
C.W.
Who is Homer Plessy?
-J.O.
Looks like you are having fun.
:)
looks fun! i cant wait to hear more storys!
Hello how is your trip going so far it sounds like a lot of fun!!:)
that is so cool u r soooooooo lucky u get to skip school an have a fun time in new orleans and all over the country!!!! i hope u r having a fun time and hope to see u soon when u come back!!!! lol
sincerely,
madison w.!!!
the top pic you showed i would hate to go to school there
kool that will sound very fun it look like it!!!
nice!!!!☺
Nice pics.
-Deidra-
You're right, Morgan, I would have loved the jazz band. Thanks for thinking of me.
Slavery is a part of our history that saddens me so much. Children being separated from their families and people being bought and sold is just too awful. But, it's important to learn about. Thanks again for the history lesson you've been giving us every day.
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