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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
