Indoor 3 Day Civil Rights Journey Montgomery, Selma, Birmingham & Atlanta
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INDOOR 3 DAY CIVIL RIGHTS JOURNEY MONTGOMERY, SELMA, BIRMINGHAM & ATLANTA DAY ONE: ATLANTA 2:00pm National Center for Civil and Human Rights Visit Atlanta’s new museum dedicated to the achievements of both the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the broader worldwide human rights movement. 3:45 pm Tour the King Center and Auburn Street Neighborhood See the historic neighborhood where Dr. King was born, preached, and is buried 4:30 pm Meet with Fair Fight 2020 Learn about the work being done to fight modern voter suppression Dinner in Atlanta Switch to Central Time when crossing Alabama State line Evening Depart for Montgomery DAY TWO: MONTGOMERY 10:30 am Meet Etgar Staff at the Rosa Parks Museum Hear the story of the events leading up to the Montgomery Bus Boycott at the location where Rosa Parks was arrested 11:00 am Rosa Parks Museum Tour the museum and learn about the birth of the Civil Rights Movement 12:45 pm Lunch 2:00 pm Memorial to Peace and Justice: The Lynching Memorial Reflect on an often-overlooked tragedy at the first memorial for victims of lynching. 3:00 pm EJI’s Legacy Museum Explore the evolution of oppression from slavery to mass incarceration and the creation of a narrative of racial difference. 4:30 pm Evening on your own in downtown Montgomery DAY THREE: SELMA & BIRMINGHAM 8:00 am Depart for Selma 9:00 am Meet at Historic Brown Chapel Church Hear the story of Jimmy Lee Jackson, why and how the movement came to Selma, and Bloody Sunday. 9:30 am Visit James Reeb Memorial Hear the rest of the Selma story that culminates in the successful march to Montgomery. Learn about the murder of a young white preacher, and how Selma’s white population responded. 10:00 am Walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and Visit Memorial Park 10:30 am Depart for Birmingham and lunch 1:30 pm Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Explore Birmingham’s premier Civil Rights Museum 3:00 pm Walking tour of Freedom Park and 16th Street Baptist Church Meet with Bishop Woods 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 and hear about the tragic day that 4 girls died in a bombing. Tour the park and see the statues that tell the story of the Birmingham Civil Rights movement .