This trip has advanced my knowledge and made me understand things I did not before. Before this trip I was in AP US History and I remember hearing about the civil rights movement, the Tuskegee Airman, World War 2, Carnegie, Rockefeller and etc but throughout this week History came alive for me. Everything I read in textbooks applied this week and it was astonishing seeing it all in real life. It has been an amazing experience. Even the university's we have visited have been nice. I learned I would not like to attend a university where the temperature is hot, even though Michelle said its not like that all year round. :-)

One of the best tours this week was Spelman  College, an all girls college. The traditions were so cute, I wish there was one like that in Michigan. This experience has been great, I am so thankful for such an amazing week.❤️

Xitlali G.

Dexter Street

This whole trip has been a new learning experience for me. I have had so much fun and have learned so many things. One thing that stood out to me was the Dexter Street Baptist Church in Montgomery. The tour guide, Wanda was so exciting and joyful, she made the room and everyone in it have a great mood. Dexter church was the only church that Martin Luther King Jr preached in and it was a great tour knowing that he left a mark on EVERYONE, especially in the community he was best known.  

  I enjoyed all of the trip, even though mishaps happened and people were irritating. Going to all of these places has

opened my eyes a lot more and made me realized that if you have Hope and Strength, deep within, no matter what happens, God will be with you and

 you can make it through any situation. 

Kiara K

This trip has been good and I've really learned a lot about history. I got to visit different colleges and learn about them and famous historical people that went there. I went to the museum and the best things that I learned was about Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks on how brave they were. This trip gave me a lot of experience and taught me to never give up on what you want to achieve.

Dan M.

Thank You Upward Bound

To me this trip has been very exciting. I like how we went to different  colleges because the experience was really great. I like the tour guides who guided us throughout the college which was cool. But what I really thought was great, was the Tuskegee college. I liked how the campus was set up and I enjoyed almost everything about it, EXCEPT the heat.

     But besides the college touring, I loved being out the house and hanging out with my friends. I really enjoyed this experience. So I thank Upward Bound for giving me a opportunity that I will remember for a lifetime.

Steven B.

The past two days for me was fun and interesting. I got to learn to many historical things, especially about Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks. I got to go to museums that was about them. Beside learning about the historical things, I was touring around a couple colleges. It was alright because the weather was extremely hot. But other than that, it was a fun experience for me. 

I would love to go out and learn more about the historical things again because you get to have more experience about it when you go out instead of sitting on the computer and looking at pictures and reading it. 

 Cuong D-L

Today was not as hot as usually. THANK GOD. But today we went to a lot of new places as usually but my favorite today was MLK's church were he pastored. It was so much fun. The tour guide was so bold and full of joy. She had us sing, give hugs, and hold hands. Now I know that sounds a little kiddish, but everything she had us do she had a great reasoning behind it.

Zariah H.

Over this trip with Upward Bound, I had a really good time. I learned so many things that I never knew over this time. If I wouldn't have went with Upward Bound, I wouldn't have learned any of these things. We went to Moton Fields where the Tuskegee Airmen were trained at. We also went to various HBCU colleges that were very, very nice. We ate at a lot of resturants that I never even heard of. I am grateful that the directors take time out of their everyday lifes just to help us teenagers with a better future. 

Andrea K.

We started off our day at the moton field tour, it wasn't that hot out. We learned about the P-51 mustang plane and who flew the planes. When we went to Tuskegee Universty after it was way warmer. My favorite part of of that tour was their chapel and the history behind it. After that we went to a church tour. There we learned about Dr. King and when he was a pastor. We learned a whole bunch of his history. After that we went to the mall, it was huge there, but I had a blast. By that time is wasn't very hot any more. That was how our day went today. 

Maribelle H.

One of My Best Experiences

This trip has been one of the best experiences I ever had a chance to do. I really liked how we all walked in groups to the museums and MLK Memorial. The best part of today was when we went to the mall and Tuskegee College. I learned about all the President's wives at the college and, also, we saw the Lost Ones Cemetery. It was really fun but really hot!! I learned so much about Martin Luther King that I Did not even know about. It was really fun. I can not wait to learn more tomorrow :) !!! 

Alyssa M. 

Moton Field - Home of the Tuskegee Airmen

First, if you have not seen the movie The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) with Lawrence Fishburn, Cuba Gooding Jr., and many other great actors, rent it!!! You will learn a lot about what we saw this morning - well, at least the Hollywood version. We watched the movie as our bus took us from Atlanta to Tuskegee and so our arrival at Moton Field just after it ended was pretty amazing. The field was home to an "experiment" to train the first non-white Army pilots for the U.S. Army. Many did not want to see them succeed, but the Tuskegee Airmen were some of the most decorated pilots of WWII.