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

2013 LLP Route Map
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
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