Civil Rights Bus Tour Sponsored by Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts March 7-16, 2014 Schedule is subject to change. March 7 5:00 am Depart from MCLA Washington DC (8 hrs) (Arlington, VA area) Hotel TBD Note: Prefer an early am departure from campus. We will do lunch en route and have time to arrive in DC to visit the Museum of African American History which has rotating exhibits on loan from the soon to be opened Museum of African American History. March 8 9:00 am Depart from Hotel to Greensboro, NC (5 ½ hrs) 3:30 pm International Civil Rights Center & Museum 134 South Elm Street Greensboro, NC (336) 274-9199 www.sitinmovement.org North Carolina A & T 1601 East Market Street Greensboro, NC #10 Carolina Point Parkway Greenville, SC 29607 (864) 288-4401 March 9 8:00 am Depart for Atlanta 10:30 am MLK Center 450 Auburn Avenue, NE Atlanta, GA (404) 526-8900 www.thekingcenter.com www.nps.gov/malu 12:15 pm Lunch @ The Varsity or Paschals 2:00 pm Mrs. Juanita Abernathy Georgia State University Student Center Courtland & Gilmore Sts. Depart for Albany, GA 1
Wingate by Wyndham 2735 Dawson Road Albany, GA (229) 883-9800 March 10 8:30 am Depart from Hotel 8:45 am Charles Sherrod Civil Rights Park (Photo Op) 9:00 am Ms. Rutha Harris Albany Civil Rights Institute 326 Whitney Avenue Albany, GA (229) 432-1698 www.albanycivilrightsinstitute.org 11:30 am Depart for Montgomery (Lunch en route) 2:30 pm Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 1616 Chappie James Ave. Tuskegee, AL (334) 724-0922 www.nps.gov/tuai 3:30 pm Depart for Montgomery Montgomery Sites (Photo Op Only) Holt Street Baptist Church 903 South Holt Street First Baptist Church 347 North Ripley Street 5:30 pm Kickback @ 7:00 pm Dinner 1124 Eastern Blvd. (334) 273-1101 March 11 8:00 am Depart for Selma 9:00 am Lowndes County Interpretive Center 7001 U.S. Highway 80 West White Hall, AL (334) 877-1983 www.nps.gov/semo/index.htm 2
10:30 am Rev. Frederick Reese Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church 1548 Le Grande Street Selma, AL 12:00 pm Lunch @ Tabernacle Baptist Church 1:30 pm Tour w/ Ms. Joanne Bland Journeys for the Soul 3:30 pm National Voting Rights Museum & Institute Frederick Douglass Reese Parkway Selma, AL (334) 418-0800 5:00 pm Depart for Montgomery 7:15 pm Dinner Edmund Pettus Bridge Viola Liuzzo Memorial Overnight Montgomery March 12 8:00 am Depart from Hotel Montgomery Sites (Photo Op Only) Carr Home 720 South Hall Street Dexter Parsonage 309 South Jackson Street Alabama State Capitol Building Selma to Montgomery March Historical Marker 600 Dexter Ave. Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church 454 Dexter Avenue 9:00 am Civil Rights Memorial & Visitors Center Southern Poverty Law Center 400 Washington Avenue (334) 956-8200 www.splcenter.org 3
(Photo Op) Freedom Rider Museum (Greyhound Bus Terminal) 210 S. Court St. www.freedomridesmuseum.org 10:30 am Rosa Parks Museum 252 Montgomery Street (334) 241-8616 www.montgomery.troy.edu/rosaparks/museum 12:00 pm Lunch Catered by Sophia s 1:00 pm Depart for Birmingham 3:00 pm Birmingham Civil Rights Institute 520 16 th Street Birmingham, AL (205) 328-9696 www.bcri.org 5:30 pm Kickback @ -Birmingham Southeast 3510 Grandview Parkway Birmingham, AL (205) 967-2450 7:00 pm Pizza Party @ Guest Speakers: Mrs. Carolyn McKinstry, Author While the World Watched & Ms. Lisa McNair March 13 8:00 am Depart for Memphis 2:00 pm Stax Museum of American Soul Music 926 E. McLemore Avenue (901) 946-2535 www.soulsvilleusa.com 3:45 pm National Civil Rights Museum 450 Mulberry Street (901) 521-9699 www.civilrightsmuseum.org Mason Temple (Photo Op Only) 930 Mason Street 4
5:30 pm Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles Monumental Baptist Church 704 South Parkway East (901) 946-2529 7:30 pm Dinner on Beale Street -Memphis South 735 Goodman Rd. West Horn Lake, MS 38637 (662) 349-6622 March 14 8:00 am Depart Hotel for Nashville Lunch (in Nashville) 2:00 pm Mr. Ernest Rip Patton Nashville Public Library 615 Church Street Nashville, TN (615) 862-5800 Civil Rights Tour of Nashville 1874 W. McEwen Drive Franklin, TN 37067 (615) 771-6778 March 15 9:00 am Depart for Cleveland, OH National Underground Railroad Freedom Center 50 East Freedom Way Cincinnati, OH (513) 333-7500 www.freedomcenter.org Cleveland, OH (TBD) March 16 Depart for North Adams, MA (9 hrs) 5