FREEDOM SUMMER
DAY ONE
Begin in Savannah, GA
Make a reservation for Black Heritage Tour
http://www.savannahtours.us/?event=offer.detail&offerId=186&startDate=07/01/2013&endDate=07/31/2013
Visit the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, 460 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
DAY TWO
Begin in Savannah, GA and drive to Atlanta, GA (estimated time= 4 hours)
In-flight Feature Film: Our Friend Martin (animated, fictionalized account)
In-flight Feature Film: Separate but Equal (fictionalized account)
DAY THREE
Begin in Atlanta, GA
Visit the King Center
Visit the King National Historic Site, including birthplace home of MLK and the Ebenezer Baptist Church
DAY FOUR
Begin in Atlanta, GA and travel to Birmingham, AL (estimated time: 2 1/2 hours)
In-flight Feature Film: The Children’s March
In-flight Feature Film: Episode 4, “No Easy Walk,” from Eyes on the Prize
In-flight Feature Film: 4 Little Girls
In-flight Feature Film: Freedom Riders
Visit/walk through Kelly Ingram Park, Gaston Motel, 16th Street Baptist Church
DAY FIVE
Visit Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Movie Night: see in-flight feature film list for DAY FOUR
DAY SIX
Begin in Birmingham, AL and drive to Montgomery, AL (estimated time: 1 1/2 hours)
In-flight Feature Film: The Rosa Parks Story (fictionalized account)
Visit the Rosa Parks Museum
Visit site of Rosa Parks’ arrest
Movie Night: Episode 1, “Awakenings,” from Eyes on the Prize
Movie Night: Boycott (fictionalized account)
DAY SEVEN
Visit the Dexter Parsonage and Dexter King Baptist Church
Visit Civil Rights Memorial Center at Southern Poverty Law Center
Drive to Selma, AL (estimated time: 1 hour)
In-flight Feature Film: Episode 6, “Bridge to Freedom,” from Eyes on the Prize
DAY EIGHT
Begin in Selma, AL
Visit the Voting Rights Museum and Institute
Visit the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Visit the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
Great itinerary and movie/book suggestions!
Thanks, Jackie! Let us know if you have any suggestions for things we have missed. 🙂