Selma

We departed for Selma, Alabama from Montgomery towards the Voting Rights Museum and the Slavery Museum for a simulation of the actual slavery-experience. Afterwards, we returned to Montgomery to view the Martin Luther king Jr. Parsonage of his real house with several authentic objects that he used back in the 1950's. Some of which include a party-line telephone, a heater, and even his personal typewriter. After watching an informative introduction movie about Dr. King's home, we noticed that outside the home was the original bumpy, stone-tiled sidewalk from the time Dr. King still lived on Montgomery Street. On that sunny day, the small, white house glistened under the bright-shining sun. The teal-rimmed windows gave each visitor a warm, fuzzy feeling with a porch swing off to the right side of the house. The instant you walked in you were hit with a pungent scent of flowers and a bright, clean hallway. Off to the right is the piano room where Mrs. King used to always sing and play for her family. Off to the left of the entrance way is the living room where guests were greeted. Through the sliding doors of the piano room is the fancy dining room where the family ate when guests slept over, or Dr. King Jr.'s former office. Down the hallway, from the front door, to the left is the guest bedroom. Further down the hall is the only pink-decorated bathroom next to the only bedroom. The bed was no larger than a full size and held Dr. King and his wife with their two children. Dr. King had a private office built for his security ajoining their bedroom. His office was filled with shelves of books, an old-fashioned music player, his personal typewriter, his private phone, and his 4x3ft desk with a 12x10in picture of Mrs. King. The kitchen, adjacent to the dining room, gave off a true homely and cozy sense with the old-fashioned water heater, old-fashioned washer, and two-knob tub-like sink. Even though the bombing destroyed the front side of the piano room, the house still illuminated the spirit of every visitor and scholar with its simplicity and original style.

Tiffany