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Route of the 2013 Living Legacy Pilgrimage (see itinerary below)

2013 LLP Route Map
Key Stops
Alabama
1. Birmingham (1,13)
2. Marion
3. Selma
4. Montgomery


Mississippi
5.  Meridian
6.  Philadelphia
7.  Jackson
8.  Yazoo City (not a stop)
9.  Greenwood
10. Money
11. Ruleville
12. Oxford


13. Return to Birmingham


This route is subject to change

2013 Preliminary Itinerary

Saturday, September 21– Birmingham arrival and orientation 
Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport, 5000 Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd, N
Arrive and check in between 2:00-3:00 pm.  Call hotel for free airport shuttle.
Orientation begins at 3:00 pm.

Sunday, September 22 - around Birmingham
16th Street Baptist Church (service)
Box lunch
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute & Kelly Ingram Park
Bus tour of B'ham sites, Shuttlesworth's church
UU Church of Birmingham – dinner and program 
Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport 

Monday, September 23 - Marion and Selma - 
Zion UM Church, Marion, AL – program with Movement veterans
Jimmie Lee Jackson gravesite 
Lunch in Selma restaurant
Brown Chapel AME Church and tour of Selma, AL sites
Check in, St. James historic hotel
Dinner and program – St James meeting room 

Tuesday, September 24 - Selma to MontgomeryMarch route via Hayneville, AL
Cross Pettus Bridge, visit National Voting Rights Museum
Lowndes Co. NPS Interpretive Center – Box lunch
Hayneville visit – Jonathan Daniels memorial and jail
Viola Liuzzo memorial
Dexter/MLK Parsonage Museum, Montgomery 
UU Fellowship of Montgomery – dinner and program 
Sleep Inn & Suites, Montgomery, AL

Wednesday, September 25 - Montgomery and Meridian
Rosa Parks Museum
First Baptist Brick-a-Day Church - program
Lunch in Montgomery restaurant
SPLC Civil Rights Memorial
James Chaney gravesite, Meridian, MS
Catered dinner at Holiday Inn Ballroom
Comfort Inn, Meridian, MS

Thursday, September 26 - Meridian, Philadelphia, and Jackson
Mt. Zion UM Church, Philadelphia – program
Independence Quarters visit
Box lunches 
COFO Civil Rights Education Center, Jackson, MS – program with Hollis Watkins 
Tour of Jackson sites, including Farish Street
Tougaloo College campus, Woodworth Chapel – program with Ed King
UU Church of Jackson – dinner and program 
Hampton Inn – Jackson North 

Friday September 27 - Jackson, Delta, Oxford
Medgar Evers Home, Jackson
Bus trip through Delta:
Tour in Greenwood, SNCC/COFO sites
Lunch in Greenwood restaurant
Money, Emmett Till
Ruleville, Fannie Lou Hamer's grave
Oxford, Ole Miss campus 
UU Congregation of Oxford – dinner and program
Inn at Ole Miss, Oxford

Saturday, September 28 - Oxford, back to Birmingham 
Trip back to Birmingham - 3 hour trip – evaluation and wrap-up
Lunch/snacks on bus
Stop 2:00 pm at Birmingham Airport – No flights should be scheduled before 3:30 pm
Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport – Pick up cars. 
If you are staying overnight on Saturday, you must make your own reservation with the hotel. Mention the Living Legacy Pilgrimage for a special rate.


Schedule as of 3/31/13 –  subject to change
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