DEREKH CIVIL RIGHTS JOURNEY SAMPLE ITINERARY May 19 – 21, 2019

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DEREKH CIVIL RIGHTS JOURNEY SAMPLE ITINERARY May 19 – 21, 2019 SUNDAY 10 AM Introduction to the journey Leo Frank Site Hear the story of Leo Frank, a New York Jew who moved to Atlanta, was falsely convicted of murder and was lynched. This has impacted the identity of Jews in the South since it occurred in 1915 10:30 AM Tour Auburn Ave and King Center Neighborhood and Tomb 11:30 AM Church Services at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church 1:15 PM Lunch 2:30 PM National Human and Civil Rights Museum See the brand new museum that is devoted to understanding modern day Human Rights issues as well as understand the Civil Rights struggle. 5 PM Names Project/AIDS Quilt See the AIDS Quilt and hear the story of the quilt and the politics of AIDS in America. Understand the fight for rights of the gay community in the 1980s. 6:30 PM Free for dinner at Ponce City Market 8:30 PM Depart for hotel Hotel: Best Western Plus Fairburn, GA MONDAY 8 AM Breakfast at hotel Leave for Montgomery, AL 10 AM(CST) Rosa Park Museum Stand where the Civil Rights movement began and learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott 11:30 AM Lunch 1 PM Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum & Lynching Memorial Explore the evolution of racial oppression from slavery to mass incarceration and reflect on an often overlooked tragedy at the first national memorial for victims of lynching 4 PM Leave for Selma 5 PM Tour Selma & The Edmund Pettus Bridge Meet with someone who was beaten on the march. Hear her story. Learn about Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and his involvement in the struggle 7:00 PM Dinner and depart for Birmingham Hotel: Best Western Plus Birmingham, AL TUESDAY 9:30 AM Walking tour of Freedom Park & 16th Street Baptist Church Get a walking tour by a Reverend who was a Civil Rights worker in Birmingham in the 50s & 60s and was arrested and had the dogs & hoses turned on him. See the historic church where 4 girls died in a bombing. 11 AM Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Explore museum about the Civil Rights movement 12:30 PM Lunch at Pizitz Food Hall 1:30 PM Either depart for Birmingham airport or depart for Atlanta Airport 7 PM Earliest flights out of Atlanta .

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Civil Rights Flyer5.Indd
GREENSBORO CIVIL RIGHTS JOURNEY FEBRUARY 9 – 11, 2020 ATLANTA. MONTGOMERY. SELMA. BIRMINGHAM. Explore Civil Rights of the Past, Present, and Future ITINERARY SAMPLE ONLY - subject to change TRIP BEGINS IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA SUNDAY, FEB. 9: • 10 AM Meet at Ebenezer Church; tour Auburn Ave and King Center Neighborhood and Tomb TRIP GOALS • Church Services at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church To build community relationships and understand the • Lunch history and role of different faith communities in the Civil • The National Center for Civil and Human Rights Rights Movement, and to bring that learning home to the See the brand new museum that is devoted to understanding Greensboro community. modern day Human Rights issues as well as understand the Civil Rights struggle. DETAILS • Meeting with Fair Fight 2020 DATES: Sunday, February 9 – Tuesday, February 11 Discuss the issues of voting rights and voter suppression in COST: $ 500 per person $250 deposit due by Dec. 20 Georgia and across the nation. Also discuss being activist for or against issues. PRICE INCLUDES: • On your own for Dinner at Ponce City Market • All ground transportation • Hotels • Depart for Montgomery • Admission and programming costs MONDAY, FEB. 10: • All meals (with the exception of Sunday dinner) Meals consist of entrée and drink. • Breakfast at hotel PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE: • Southern Poverty Law Center • Sunday Dinner • Rosa Parks Museum • Airfare or other transportation to/from Atlanta Stand where the Civil Rights movement began and learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott Prices are based on double occupancy. • Lunch at Martha’s Place There is a $150 single room supplement.
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Iowner of Property
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