FREEDOM SUMMER 2013: ITINERARY
Day One:
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, 1964 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC
Leave from MLK Memorial to Greensboro, NC (estimated travel time: 5.5 hours)
In-flight Feature Film: February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four
TASTY PLACES TO EAT:
Loaf
Day Two
Begin in Greensboro, NC
Visit the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, 134 Elm Street, 27401, T=336-274-9199 (open on Mondays)
Leave late afternoon for New Market, TN (estimated travel time: 4.5 hours)
In-flight Feature Film: Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
In-flight Feature Film: Episode Three of We Shall Remain
Spend night: The Horton House, Highlander Research and Education Center, 1959 Highlander Way, New Market, TN 37820, T=865-933-3424
Movie night: You Got to Move: Stories of Change in the South
http://www.amazon.com/You-Got-To-Move-Stories/dp/B005KN1UWO/ref=pd_bxgy_mov_img_y
Day Three
Spend day in library and resource center on the grounds of Highlander Research and Education Center
Spend night: The Horton House, Highlander Research and Education Center (see above)
Day Four
Begin in New Market, TN
Travel early morning to Memphis, TN (estimated travel time: 6.5 hours)
In-flight Feature Film: Episode 3, “Ain’t Scared of Your Jails,” from Eyes on the Prize
Movie Night: At the River I Stand
http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/at_the_river_i_stand_1968_memphis_sanitation_strike/
Day Five
Begin in Memphis, TN
Morning: Visit the National Civil Rights History Museum, 450 Mulberry Street, 38103, T=901-521-9699
OPTIONAL POP CULTURE DIVERSION:
Visit Graceland, Stax Museum or Beale Street
TASTY PLACES TO EAT:
3 Angels Diner
Trolley Stop Market
Day Six
Begin in Memphis, TN
Travel to Little Rock, AK (estimated travel time: 2 hours)
In-flight Feature Film: Nine from Little Rock
Visit the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site: Make reservations for TOUR with U.S. Park Service Ranger. Meet at Visitor’s Center, 2125 W. Daisy L. Gatson Bates Dr, Little Rock, AR, 72202, T=501-374-1957
Day Seven
Begin in Little Rock, AK
Visit the Trail of Tears Memorial Park, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Park located near South Entrance of campus; open to public
Travel mid-day to Nashville, TN (estimated travel time: 5.5 hours)
In-flight Feature Film: Central Rock High School: 50 Years Later
In-flight Feature Film: The Ernest Green Story (fictionalized account by Disney)
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_10?url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&field-keywords=the%20ernest%20green%20story&sprefix=the+ernest%2Cmovies-tv%2C206&rh=i%3Amovies-tv%2Ck%3Athe%20ernest%20green%20story&ajr=2
Sunday, July 14:
Begin in Nashville, TN
Visit the Civil Rights Room, Nashville Public Library, 615 Church Street | Nashville, TN 37219 | USA | Phone: +1-615-862-5800
OPTIONAL POP CULTURAL AND NATURAL WONDER DIVERSIONS IN THE AREA
Dollywood (estimated travel time: 3 hours) and Pigeon Forge
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
In-flight Feature Film: Prom Night in Mississippi (fictionalized account)
In-flight Feature Film: Black Indians: An American Story
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Indians-American-Chip-Richie/dp/B0000ZH0SU/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1374810283&sr=1-1&keywords=black+indians
social justice sojourns 