Civil Rights Student Tours
Memphis, TN, Birmingham, AL, Selma, AL, Montgomery, AL
Civil Rights Student Tours
Memphis, TN, Birmingham, AL, Selma, AL, Montgomery, ALTour Snapshot
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Relive the powerful lessons of the Modern Civil Rights Movement with this exclusive civil rights tour from Brightspark! This once-in-a-lifetime experience transports students back to the tumultuous time period between 1955 and 1965. Retrace the path toward equality and voting rights in the South with visits to Birmingham, Montgomery, Selma, Tuskegee and Atlanta. Your students will return from this tour with an in-depth civil rights education.
Highlights
- The National Civil Rights Museum and Institute
- Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
- Edmund Pettus Bridge
- The Civil Rights Memorial
- The Rosa Parks Museum
- SAMPLE ITINERARY
Day 1
Arrive in Memphis
Visit the National Civil Rights Museum
Located at the Lorraine Hotel, where James Earl Ray shot at Martin Luther King, this informational museum takes students through the tumultuous struggle for equality. Spanning from the slave era to contemporary times, the multimedia exhibits cover the evolution of civil rights.
Enjoy Lunch
Visit the Slave Haven Underground Museum
Immerse students in the gritty side of African American history with a tour through this Underground Railroad house, complete with dark cellars, hidden passageways and trap doors. Built by slave sympathizer and German Immigrant Jacob Burkle, the modest home now hosts artifacts and reenactments that tell the story of the Memphis slave trade and the Underground Railroad.
Check into Your Hotel
Enjoy Dinner

Day 2
Enjoy Breakfast at Hotel
Check out of Hotel
Travel to Birmingham
Visit the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Enjoy Lunch
Visit Kelly Ingram Park
Located just outside the 16th Street Baptist Church, several large-scale civil rights demonstrations took place in this park, including one in which demonstrators were brutalized by police. It now boast several sculptures related to the movement and has been rededicated as “A Place of Revolution and Reconciliation.”
Tour 16th Street Baptist Church
This church, which served as a headquarters for civil rights activist, was bombed by Ku Klux Klan members in 1963. This bombing killed four young girls, and caused national outrage and awareness.
Check into Your Hotel

Day 3
Enjoy Breakfast at Hotel
Travel to Selma
Visit the National Voting Rights Museum
This museum displays artifacts and testimonials related to the events that led up to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, from the women’s suffrage movement to the Selma to Montgomery marches.
Enjoy Lunch
Visit Edmund Pettus Bridge
In reaction to the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson, the SCLC arranged a peaceful march from Selma to Montgomery. Upon crossing this bridge on their way out from Selma, the protestors were brutally attacked by policemen. The event became known as “Bloody Sunday,” and shocking image helped gain support for the Selma Voting Right Movement.
Visit the Lowndes County Interpretive Center
Enjoy Dinner

Day 4
Enjoy Breakfast at Hotel
Check out of Hotel
Travel to Montgomery
Visit the Civil Rights Memorial
Tour Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
In the church led by Martin Luther King Jr. from 1954 to 1960, one can see where many of Montgomery’s earliest civil rights activities, including the 1965 Bus Boycott, were planned.
Enjoy Lunch
Visit the Rosa Parks Museum
Learn about the people and events surrounding the influential Montgomery Bus Boycott in a museum with features such as a recreated street scene and a video reenactment of Parks’ famous refusal to move seats.
Depart for Home

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM READY FOR ANY SITUATION
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OF GROUP LEADERS FELT PEACE OF MIND WITH TOUR DIRECTORS
50M
MILES TRAVELED LAST YEAR WITHOUT INCIDENT
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