From HI 152 Teaching Fellow Kerri Greenidge in Washington D.C. on 1/20/08
I got to shake hands with John Lewis [pictured LEFT] and with two former Freedom Riders. It is amazing. I am SO tired but so incredibly happy that I had the opportunity to go. The energy of the crowd is amazing, and although I risk sounding corny it really is astounding how many people came here from so far away just to be a part of this event. I met a family from Kenya who came here all the way from Maine, where the father is doing doctorate in marine studies at the University of Maine. They were telling me that they cannot believe that this has happened, that it is as if this is something that is a dream.
Now I am off to get in the car and drive back to Boston for class tomorrow. I will hopefully recall more to share with everybody but at the moment I am so overwhelmed.
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