Deadline: $200 deposit due August 30 Full payment due September 29
Visits will include:
Equal Justice Initiative’s Memorial to Peace & Justice
Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum
Southern Poverty Law Center Memorial
Edmund Pettus Bridge
Freedom Park
16th Street Baptist Church
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Experiences will include:
An exploration of the evolution of racial oppression from slavery to mass incarceration
Contextualization talk of events leading to Rosa Parks arrest and bus boycott
Meet with someone who took part in the Bloody Sunday march at 11 years old and hear their story
Walking in the footsteps of history across the Edmund Pettus Bridge
An introduction of Birmingham and its crucial role in the Civil Rights Movement
A walking tour of Freedom Park & 16th Street Baptist Church by a Reverend who was a Civil Rights worker in Birmingham in the 50s & 60s and was arrested and had the dogs & hoses turned on him
