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Here’s a sample list of some of the many attractions and activities the students will see and do on this trip. This trip is going to be so much fun and the students are going to learn so much!
Learn about Dr. King’s early life at his boyhood home on Auburn Avenue, listen to his sermons and speeches at the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, and take a moment to reflect at Dr. and Mrs. King’s Tomb at the King Center. At the Visitor Center and Museum, join in with the marchers on their journey in the “Freedom Road” exhibit and take a stroll down the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame.
A museum dedicated to the achievements of both the Civil Rights movement in the United States and the broader human rights movement. Learn about struggles for fundamental rights around the world and leave empowered to join the conversation in your own community.
This 22-acre greenspace in the heart of Atlanta’s business and entertainment district is a lasting legacy of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Catch a water show at the Fountain of Rings, snap a selfie at The Spectacular, visit the Paralympic Legacy, and take a walk through the Water Gardens and Quilt Plazas, including the Quilt of Remembrance honoring the victims of the 1996 Olympic Park bombing.
Begin the historic journey from Selma to Montgomery by learning about the barriers put in place to prevent African Americans from voting. The Selma to Montgomery marches for voting rights captured national attention and led to the eventual passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The first attempt to make the 54-mile march to the state capital of Montgomery ended here on Bloody Sunday, when some 600 peaceful civil rights marchers were attacked by state troopers and forced back across the bridge with nightsticks and tear gas.
Multimedia exhibits provide a comprehensive view of the struggle for equal voting rights in Selma and more broadly, including the Women’s Suffrage Movement.
Visit the church where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pastored from 1954-1960 and began his quest for civil rights as a leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association organizing the Montgomery bus boycott.
The nation’s first memorial dedicated to victims of racial terror and violence. In this powerful experience, text, narrative, and sculptural installations take visitors on a journey from slavery, through decades of lynching and racial terror, into the civil rights era, and on to contemporary issues of police violence and racial bias in the criminal justice system.
This National Historic Landmark was the site of one of dozens of racially motivated bombings in Birmingham throughout the Civil Rights era. In September 1963, as church members were preparing for Sunday services, a bomb went off, killing four young girls and injuring 22 others.
A central staging ground for large-scale demonstrations during the 1960’s, the park is now home to sculptures and installations honoring key figures and events of the Civil Rights Movement.
The longest continually running blast furnace in Birmingham’s history and once the largest manufacturer of pig iron in the world. As part of Birmingham’s rise to become an industrial center of the South, the Sloss Furnaces offers a unique context to explore post-Civil War migration, industrialization, and the pervasive impacts of segregation and struggles for equality.
Vulcan, the world’s largest cast iron statue, resides atop Red Mountain, providing beautiful views of downtown Birmingham. The Roman god of the fire and forge reflects Birmingham’s roots in the iron and steel industry.
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