Rosa Parks Museum Report

After the visit from Dr. Bell, the Executive Director of the Rosa Parks Museum, my interest to see the museum had increased so I went to visit the museum the next day. I remember vaguely going to the museum when I was in junior high, but I could not quite remember the experience that I had there. In this paper I will discuss how the museum made me feel, what I liked and did not like, things that made me uncomfortable, why I think you made this a requirement for the class, what questions I asked the tour guide, what I noticed about the exhibits and if I saw myself represented in the museum. While I was in the museum I felt a different variety of emotions. I felt embarrassed, angry and sad. I was embarrassed that the events shown in the museum really happened. It still amazes me how

There was an interactive exhibit where you could push certain buttons with labels on them and a video would talk about whichever topic you picked. During the tour I wasn’t able to read the letter that was written that started the boycott because it was dark and I was hoping they would have it displayed somewhere else and they did so I was pleased with that. I thought that the documents that were displayed were interesting. In the children’s wing I thought that the time machine was neat and the video that played was interesting. I felt like the displays were nice, I just wanted to see more.As I looked around the Museum I noticed that there were a lot of women who were involved in the movement and that made me feel good that women were not sitting around feeling like victims and letting the men handle everything. Seeing the strength and courage that these women had motivated me to push through these hard times and reach my