Tentative Route of the November 2016 Living Legacy Pilgrimage (see itinerary below)
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Key Stops
Tennessee 1. Memphis Mississippi
2. Ruleville 3. Money 4. Jackson 5. Philadelphia 6. Meridian Alabama 7. Marion 8. Montgomery 9. Selma 10. Birmingham Mississippi 11. Oxford 12. Batesville Tennessee 13. Return to Memphis This route is subject to change |
November 2016 Itinerary (subject to change)
Saturday, Nov 12 – Memphis arrival and orientation
Hotel location to be announced
Arrive and check in between 2:00-3:00 pm.
Orientation begins at 4:00 pm. Dinner is served at 6:00 pm.
Sunday, Nov 13 - around Memphis
African American Church Service
National Civil Rights Museum
Monday, Nov 14 - through Mississippi Delta to Jackson
Ruleville: Fannie Lou Hamer's grave and memorial
Money: the Story of Emmett Till
Tuesday, Nov 15 - Jackson to Marion, Alabama
COFO Civil Rights Education Center, Jackson, MS – program with Hollis Watkins
or Tougaloo College campus, Woodworth Chapel – program with Ed King
Medgar Evers home
James Chaney's grave
Zion United Methodist Church in Marion - program with Movement veterans
Jimmie Lee Jackson's grave
Wednesday, Nov. 16 - Marion and Selma to Montgomery March Route
Brown Chapel AME Church and tour of Selma, AL sites
Cross Pettus Bridge, visit National Voting Rights Museum
Lowndes Co. NPS Interpretive Center
Viola Liuzzo memorial
Thursday, Nov 17 - Montgomery to Birmingham
Dexter/MLK Parsonage Museum, Montgomery
Alabama Capitol
Birmingham tour
Birmingham Unitarian Universalist Church
Friday, Nov 18 - Birmingham to Oxford, Mississippi
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute & Kelly Ingram Park
Bus tour of B'ham sites, The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth's church
Oxford, Ole Miss campus
UU Congregation of Oxford – dinner and program
Saturday, Nov 19 - Back to Memphis
Trip back to Memphis– evaluation and wrap-up
Stop 1:00 pm at Memphis Airport – No flights should be scheduled before 3:00 pm
Return to Memphis hotel – Pick up cars.
Schedule as of 8/7/2016 – subject to change
Hotel location to be announced
Arrive and check in between 2:00-3:00 pm.
Orientation begins at 4:00 pm. Dinner is served at 6:00 pm.
Sunday, Nov 13 - around Memphis
African American Church Service
National Civil Rights Museum
Monday, Nov 14 - through Mississippi Delta to Jackson
Ruleville: Fannie Lou Hamer's grave and memorial
Money: the Story of Emmett Till
Tuesday, Nov 15 - Jackson to Marion, Alabama
COFO Civil Rights Education Center, Jackson, MS – program with Hollis Watkins
or Tougaloo College campus, Woodworth Chapel – program with Ed King
Medgar Evers home
James Chaney's grave
Zion United Methodist Church in Marion - program with Movement veterans
Jimmie Lee Jackson's grave
Wednesday, Nov. 16 - Marion and Selma to Montgomery March Route
Brown Chapel AME Church and tour of Selma, AL sites
Cross Pettus Bridge, visit National Voting Rights Museum
Lowndes Co. NPS Interpretive Center
Viola Liuzzo memorial
Thursday, Nov 17 - Montgomery to Birmingham
Dexter/MLK Parsonage Museum, Montgomery
Alabama Capitol
Birmingham tour
Birmingham Unitarian Universalist Church
Friday, Nov 18 - Birmingham to Oxford, Mississippi
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute & Kelly Ingram Park
Bus tour of B'ham sites, The Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth's church
Oxford, Ole Miss campus
UU Congregation of Oxford – dinner and program
Saturday, Nov 19 - Back to Memphis
Trip back to Memphis– evaluation and wrap-up
Stop 1:00 pm at Memphis Airport – No flights should be scheduled before 3:00 pm
Return to Memphis hotel – Pick up cars.
Schedule as of 8/7/2016 – subject to change