Living History: A Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement

Itinerary

 

Sunday, January 5

 

Contact:

 5:00 p.m.

Arrive

 

 6:00 p.m.

Dinner

 

 

Film on Philadelphia and Freedom Summer

 

Monday, January 6

 

 

 7:30 a.m.

Leave for the Delta

 

10:00 a.m.

Meeting at Hiram R. Revels United Methodist Church with panel of persons involved in the Civil Rights Movement moderated by Thelma Barnes.

(662) 335-3245

12:30 p.m.

Lunch, with panel as guests, to continue conversation

 

  2:15 p.m.

Visit to Greenville Cemetery to Percy family plot

 

  3:00 p.m.

Panel of persons reflecting the moderate-to-progressive white voice during the Movement at the home of Leroy Percy. Moderator will be Martha Campbell.

 

  5:00 p.m.

Leave for Cleveland

 

  6:30 p.m.

Dinner at Dockery Hall

 

  8:00 p.m.

Leave for lodging at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church

(662) 843-2306

  9:00 p.m.

Reflections on the day

 

Tuesday, January 7

 

 

  8:00 a.m.

Breakfast

 

  8:45 a.m.

Leave for Philadelphia

 

  9:15 a.m.

Stop at grave of Fannie Lou Hamer in Ruleville

 

12:45 p.m.

Arrive in Philadelphia for lunch

 

  1:30 p.m.

Tour:

  1. Drive down to Old Jolly Farm.
  2. Choctaw Nation and meeting with Chief Phillip Martin.

(601) 389-2010

  5:00 p.m.

Dinner

 

  6:30 p.m.

Mt. Zion Methodist Church and conversation with persons who remember the period.

 

  8:00 p.m.

Reflections

 

Wednesday, January 8

 

 

  8:00 a.m.

Leave for Meridian

 

  9:30 a.m.

Visit to grave of James Chaney

 

11:30 a.m.

Arrive in Selma

 

  1:00 p.m.

Footprints to Freedom Tour at the National Voting Rights Museum. Including visits to:

(334) 418-0800

  5:00 p.m.

Check in at the Holiday Inn

(334) 872-0461

  6:00 p.m.

Dinner at Major Grumbles

 

Thursday, January 9

 

 

  8:00 a.m.

Leave for Montgomery

 

10:00 a.m.

Meeting at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Including:

  • Tour of the Civil Rights Memorial

 

  2:00 p.m.

Visit Dexter Avenue Baptist Church

(334) 263-3970

  5:00 p.m.

Check in at the Baymont Inn

(334) 277-6000

  6:00 p.m.

Supper choices:
Tomatino’s Pizza & Bake Shop
Sinclair’s
Semolina

 

Friday, January 10

 

 

  8:00 a.m.

Leave for Birmingham

 

10:00 a.m.

Tour the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

(800) 328-9696

  1:00 p.m.

Visit the 16th Street Baptist Church

(205) 251-9402

 

Visit Kelly Ingram Park

 

6:00 p.m.

Spend the night at Birmingham Southern College

Contact: Amanda Mills (205) 226-4733

(800) 523-5793

 

Saturday, January 11

 

 

  8:00 a.m.

Leave for Jackson

 

  2:00 p.m.

Tour the Medgar Evers Home and Museum

 

 

 

Emergency Contact: Millsaps Switchboard (800) 352-1050

 

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