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Tentative Route of the May 2016 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

May 2016 Itinerary (subject to change)

Saturday, May 21 – Birmingham arrival and orientation 
Hotel location to be announced
Arrive and check in between 2:00-3:00 pm.  Call hotel for free airport shuttle.
Orientation begins at 4:00 pm. Dinner is served at 6:00 pm. 

Sunday, May 22 - around Birmingham
16th Street Baptist Church (service)
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute & Kelly Ingram Park
Bus tour of B'ham sites, The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth's church
UU Church of Birmingham – dinner and program 
Lodging TBA

Monday, May 23 - Marion and Selma  
Zion UM Church, Marion, AL – program with Movement veterans
Jimmie Lee Jackson gravesite 
Brown Chapel AME Church and tour of Selma, AL sites
Dinner and program
Lodging TBA

Tuesday, May 24 - Selma to Montgomery March route
Cross Pettus Bridge, visit National Voting Rights Museum
Lowndes Co. NPS Interpretive Center 
Viola Liuzzo memorial
Dexter/MLK Parsonage Museum, Montgomery 
UU Fellowship of Montgomery – dinner and program 
Lodging at Holiday Inn Express, 5135 Carmichael Road, Montgomery

Wednesday, May 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
Lodging at Holiday Inn, 100 North Frontage Road, Meridian, MS 

Thursday, May 26 - Meridian, Philadelphia, and Jackson
Mt. Zion UM Church, Philadelphia
Program in Philadelphia at The Depot
Independence Quarters visit
COFO Civil Rights Education Center, Jackson, MS – program with Hollis Watkins 
Tougaloo College campus, Woodworth Chapel – program with Ed King
Lodging at Holiday Inn Express, 310 Greymont Ave, Jackson, MS 

Friday, May 27 - Jackson, Delta, Oxford
Medgar Evers Home, Jackson
Bus trip through Delta:
Money, Emmett Till
Ruleville, Fannie Lou Hamer's grave
Oxford, Ole Miss campus 
UU Congregation of Oxford – dinner and program
Lodging, New Albany, MS TBA

Saturday, May 28 - Back to Birmingham 
Trip back to Birmingham – evaluation and wrap-up
Stop 1:00 pm at Birmingham Airport – No flights should be scheduled before 3:00 pm  
Return to Birmingham hotel – Pick up cars. 


Schedule as of 12/14/2015 –  subject to change
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