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https://tourism.alabama.gov/group-and-international-travel/tour-itineraries/10-top-sites-on-the-u-s-civil-rights-trail/ JUST FOR REFERENCE TO SOME SITES.

THIS PAGE WILL BE UPDATED. SO JUST SEE THE ITINERARY

This schedule is not firm yet. We may subtract, change, or add where necessary and adjust as we go. 

July 25th 

Louisville: (about 5 hrs. away) 

Roots 101: The African American Museum.  Location:   124 N. 1st St, Louisville, KY  40202   Hrs. Tues - Sat; 10am-5pm.  Phone -: (502) 384-1940.  

https://www.roots-101.org/plan-your-visit

Maybe a brief stop to see: The Tom Bullock mural (son of a slave, 1st African American to author a cocktail book, The Ideal Bartender.) Credited with inventing the Old Fashioned drink.  Artist and Louisville native, Kacy Jackson, designed the mural which depicts Bullock serving up an Old Fashioned cocktail.  Located on the front windows of Sway Restaurant, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Louisville, Ky.     https://www.gotolouisville.com/media/news-stories/trailblazing-african-american-bartender-honored-with-louisville-mural/ 

(possible stop at Cave Hill Cemetery. https://www.Cavehillcemetery.com/  if there is time)

Evening in Nashville. Dinner either with group or on your own. See some music or rest, journal and reflect. 

Friday, July 26th 

Nashville in AM. African American Music Museum https://www.nmaam.org/plan-your-visit)  Open from 10AM - 5:00 pm on Fridays.  510 Broadway Ave., Nashville, TN 37203.  Phone:  615-301-8724.  Experience begins in the Roots Theater with a brief film about the history of Black music in America. For optimal visit, plan on at least 90 minutes for the full experience.  

 Lunch on your own. (You can bring it with you).   Drive to Atlanta, Georgia by dinner time. EST so lose an hr. Dinner. Possibly see some music or rest, journal and reflect. 

Saturday, July 27th -AM: Possible stop at Farmers' Mkt.

Oakland Cemetery - https://oaklandcemetery.com/Located at 248 Oakland Ave SE. The cemetery is free to visit. This historic 1850s cemetery is the burial site of Margaret Mitchell and other notable locals. From 1852, through the late 1860s, African Americans in Atlanta were buried in a segregated section at Oakland. Most, though not all, of the African Americans buried in this section were enslaved, and it came to be known as Slave Square.  Subsequently, those in Slave Square  were moved into another section to make way for the sale of the plots to White Americans. The people buried in Slave Square were moved to the “colored pauper grounds.” After the Civil War, African Americans could buy burial plots at the rear of the cemetery in a newly opened segregated burial ground that remains open for burials today. Legal segregation at Oakland Cemetery ended in 1963 when the City of Atlanta banned the segregation of public facilities.    

National Center for Civil and Human Rights Museum -  

 Tour of The  MLK Jr National  Historical Park.  

The Behold Monument was dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and commissioned by his wife, Coretta Scott King, after his death.  Sculptor, Patrick Morelli, was inspired by the ancient African ritual of lifting a newborn child to the heavens and reciting the words:  "Behold the only thing greater than yourself."

Mrs. King established the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., in 1968 to preserve the legacy of her husband.  The King Center contains the final resting place of Dr. King, and exhibits on him, Coretta Scott King and Mahatma Gandhi.  

The historic Ebenezer Baptist Church is located on the grounds of the Park.  MLK Jr was ordained as a minister there at the age of 19.  Dr. King's funeral was held at this church too.    

New Horizons Sanctuary of Ebenezer Baptist. Senator Warnock a member, Reverend Bond. We may be able to stop here for lunch?

Drive to Covington, GA to spend the night

Sunday, July 28th:  Spend the day with the Bethlehem Baptist church. Note the Kings had a special relationship here. Dr. MLK Jr.'s uncle preached here. We will go to the 9am service (approximately 1 1/2)

Also go with members and Jill Morehouse Lum to visit the family plantation and story cottage, https://burgeclub.com/burge-history/https://www.covnews.com/news/on-the-grounds-of-burge-plantation/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burge_Plantation

Return to Atlanta pm

Monday July 29th-Spend day in Atlanta . 

Possibly Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and museum. https://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov/Possibly the APEX museum. https://www.apexmuseum.org/ African American Panoramic Experience . Possibly see Intrenchment Creek , the Cop City site/Land Swap. https://www.wabe.org/path-to-reopening-intrenchment-creek-park-remains-unclear-due-to-land-swap-litigation/ Meet with South River Watershed Alliance (see below) on the property possibly. Possibly spend time with Sisters at the Missionaries of Charity. https://archatl.com/places/healthcare-institutions/missionaries-of-charity-gift-of-grace-house/  .  

We may meet people from some of the following organizations. 

Mercy Community Church community  https://www.mercyatl.org/  underserved members/sponsored free foot clinic etc. Chad Hyatt

-South River Water Alliance-Jackie Echols. committed to ecological restoration of the South River for the benefit of nature and people. Cleaner water requires increased awareness, collective advocacy, stronger protection, and management of our river as a valuable natural resource. People and the natural environment must be viewed as having interests worthy of protection. To restore and protect our watershed, this principle must be applied to enforcement. They are part of ongoing litigation regarding the Land Swap in Atlanta. 

-Habesha Collective Coop 477 Windsor St SW, Atlanta, GA, United States, Georgia (678) 760-1252 info@habeshainc.org habeshainc.org, We cultivate leadership in youth and the community through practical experiences in education, agriculture, entrepreneurship, health, and technology.

-Gangstas to Growers (G2G)….Andrea….youth in prison system and food justicehttps://www.gangstastogrowers.com/.Gangstas to Growers (G2G) is a social enterprise focused on building worker-owned cooperatives that provide opportunities for employment, empowerment, and entrepreneurship in agriculture for at-risk and formerly incarcerated youth.

-West Atlanta Watershed Alliance  (like South River Watershed Alliance https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-05/documents/uw-factsheet-westatlanta2014.pdf. West Atlanta’s Underserved Communities Impacted by Pollution. Since WAWA’s inception, it has worked to protect West Atlanta residents from sewage pollution and it has become a trusted community ally. WAWA works in some of Atlanta’s most disadvantaged communities who have been overburdened by pollution from Atlanta’s combined sewer overflow system.

-Art… Living Walls Atlanta….Monica

livingwallsatl.com/about-us#:~:text=Living%20Walls%20seeks%20to%20change,and%20erasure%20of%20these%20communities. Living Walls seeks to change the historically white male-dominated industry of public art by creating more space, visibility, representation & celebration for women, people of color, and LGBTQIA+ voices, especially in places that face gentrification and erasure of these communities.

-Grow Where You Are https://www.growwhereyouare.farm/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL2hc6OYQ0vNrKhYBvAeF7g

https://www.amazon.com/Grow-Where-You-Are-Introduction/dp/B009AOMTO2

Eugene Cooke is an internationally recognized food justice activist and urban farmer utilizing exclusively veganic growing methods.

Tuesday July 30th  Drive to Montgomery. Leave around 8 a.m. Both Tuskegee and Montgomery on CST so we "gain an hr." when leaving Atlanta. 

Stop at Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site.  1 hr 45 min. drive.  Opens 9am. https://www.nps.gov/tuai/index.htm. Continue another 45 minutes to Montgomery, visit sites that are open on Tuesday. 

In Montgomery: Possibly: Mothers of Gynecology monument .https://www.pbs.org/video/mothers-of-gynecology-1677535870/ Rosa Parks museum https://www.troy.edu/student-life-resources/arts-culture/rosa-parks-museum/index.html 

Southern Poverty Law Center Civil Rights Memorial Center  

Dexter Ave King Memorial Church and Parsonage Museum 

Wednesday July 31st   Equal Justice Initiative Legacy Museum, The National Memorial for Peace and Justice (Lynching Memorial), and Freedom Monument Sculpture Park.   https://legacysites.eji.org/about/museum/(334) 386-9100; 400 N. Court Street, Montgomery. 11 a.m. entry time reserved. , Travel through a comprehensive history of the destructive violence that shaped our nation, from the slave trade, to the era of Jim Crow and racial terror lynchings, to our current mass incarceration crisis—and find inspiration in the soaring Reflection Space and world-class art gallery.   Lunch on your own. Justice Seekers  Dinner at 6pm. Info will be provided by Resurrection.   

Thursday August 1st- 

Drive 1 hr to Selma 

9am tour Tablernacle Baptist Church.  https://tbcselma.org/

Edmund Pettus Bridge, https://civilrightstrail.com/attraction/edmund-pettus-bridge/ Brown Chapel AME Church https://www.nps.gov/places/alabama-brown-chapel-ame-church-selma.htm, maybe Old Live Oak Cemetery, Old Depot Museum, National Voting Rights Museum, Drive 1 1/2 hrs to Birmingham. Dinner in Birmingham. Stay overnight in Birmingham. 

in Birmingham.  
16th St Baptist Church 

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute    

http://www.bcri.org.

Kelly Ingram Sculpture Park - Bronze sculpture The Four Spirits dedicated to the 4 girls killed in the 16th Baptist Church bombing. cost is free.  Hours Sunday - Saturday; 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.  5th Avenue N &16th Street

City Walk Civil Rights Park

Birmingham Jail

Cahaba River Society

Friday

Montgomery seeing what we missed or other sites. 

Saturday: Birmingham am seeing what we missed 

Sunday -August 4th arrive home