Living Legacy Pilgrimage · 2026
The
Mississippi
Story
September 20–24, 2026 · Memphis to Jackson
This is not a tour. It is a pilgrimage — a journey to the places where ordinary people did extraordinary things, and where the cost of that courage is still written into the land.
Over five days, you'll travel from Memphis through the Mississippi Delta to Jackson, walking ground that holds some of the most consequential stories of the American Civil Rights Movement. Emmett Till. Fannie Lou Hamer. Medgar Evers. James Chaney. Vernon Dahmer. Their names carry weight. So does the land.
Each stop brings new stories and time to sit with what you're experiencing alongside fellow travelers committed to understanding why it still matters today. This journey is designed not just to inform, but to change the way you see — and the way you act when you return home.
Music has always been the heartbeat of the civil rights struggle. Every LLP pilgrimage includes a dedicated music educator who helps you engage the songs and stories that sustained the movement.
Where possible, we meet veterans and community members who carry these histories in their own lives — not just in books or exhibits, but in living memory.
Each day includes time to process what you're learning, individually and together. A pilgrimage is as much about the interior journey as the physical one.
What you'll
encounter
A selection of sites from the full five-day itinerary
The only museum in the world dedicated to Emmett Till — housing the history of racial violence alongside the ongoing work of reckoning and healing.
Walk through the stories of Medgar Evers, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Vernon Dahmer — Mississippians who stood for equality when it cost them everything.
The home where Medgar Evers was assassinated in June 1963 — and a monument to the decades of advocacy Myrlie carried forward alone.
The church burned by the Klan in 1964, and the final resting place of James Chaney — who died alongside Goodman and Schwerner in one of Freedom Summer's darkest chapters.
Five days.
Four nights.
One story that shaped a nation.
- September 20–24, 2026
- Memphis, TN through the Mississippi Delta to Jackson, MS and back
- Hotel accommodations throughout
- Breakfast daily; most lunches and dinners included
- Private bus transportation and professional tour manager
- All site admissions included
- Orientation dinner on arrival night
- Open to the public — individuals and groups welcome
- Scholarships available to support access
A pilgrimage is not a vacation; it is a transformational journey during which significant change takes place. New insights are given. Deeper understanding is attained. On return, life is seen with different eyes. Nothing will ever be quite the same again.
Living Legacy Project
Join us in September
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