Not only would I learn something new and beneficial, but I would have the opportunity to gain a new friend as well.

As a student leader, I could have been a lot more passionate about the trip, but I don't think I was as passionate as some other students. I could really see that students and faculty were learning and growing in ways they never thought they would or could.

We all thought ourselves enlightened at some point, but after hearing and seeing firsthand what went on down in the south at this time, many of us were astonished. Many of the events that occurred, and are arguably still occurring in Memphis, Nashville, Little Rock, and Oxford are not just apart of African-American history but American history.

We need to know where we come from in order to see where to go. Let us not ignore our history, and the events that have occurred, but let us embrace them and work to better our society, together.