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Living Legacy Pilgrimage – March 16-20, 2020

Proposed Itinerary (Itinerary might change based on availability of speakers and other factors)
Day 1: Monday, March 16, 2020 – Memphis (arrival early morning) to New Albany
  • Arrive from Amtrak red-eye at Memphis Central Station or on your own
  • Welcome and orientation breakfast
  • Walk across the Mississippi River
  • Visit National Civil Rights Museum
  • Drive from Memphis to Holly Springs, MS
  • Program and tour of Holly Springs, MS and Ida B. Wells-Barnett site
  • Drive from Holly Springs to New Albany, MS
  • Overnight in New Albany, MS
Day 2: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 – New Albany to Birmingham
  • Drive from New Albany to Birmingham
  • Visit the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
  • Tour 16th Street Baptist Church
  • Explore Kelly Ingram Park
  • Program at Historic Bethel Baptist Church
  • Dinner and program at UU Church of Birmingham
  • Overnight in Birmingham
Day 3: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 – Birmingham to Montgomery
  • Drive Birmingham to Montgomery
  • Visit National Memorial for Peace and Justice
  • Visit the Legacy Museum
  • Walking tour of key Montgomery Civil Rights Movement sites
  • Visit Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church/Parsonage
  • Ritual at Maya Lin Civil Rights Memorial
  • Overnight in Montgomery
Day 4: Thursday March 19, 2020 – Montgomery to Marion
  • Drive Montgomery to Selma
  • Visit Viola Liuzzo Memorial
  • Visit Lowndes County Interpretive Center
  • Program and Selma tour with Voting Rights Movement veteran
  • Visit James Reeb Memorial
  • Walk the Edmund Pettus Bridge
  • Overnight in Marion
Day 5: Friday, March 20, 2020 – Marion to Memphis
  • Drive from Marion to Memphis
  • Program on the bus
  • BBQ dinner and closing circle in Memphis
  • Leave from Memphis Central Station or on your own
Map of route
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