Tentative Route of the May 2016 Living Legacy Pilgrimage (see itinerary below)
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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
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