SOM Spring Break 2013 Freedom Riders Road Trip

April 11th - 15th, 2013

… it’s a long road to civil rights

WHERE WE’RE HEADED...

THURSDAY on the ROAD

7AM                Depart Delray Beach and drive to Montgomery, Alabama !  

Relax, swim and get ready for the next day.

FRIDAY in MONTGOMERY

8AM                The Rosa Parks Museum is a tribute to the civil rights pioneer Rosa  Parks and recreates the

story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Artifacts   include a restored 1955 station wagon, a replica of the public bus that Ms. Parks rode, and historical documents from that era.

Greyhound Bus Station, site of the KKK attack on The Freedom Riders.

Drive By MLK Jr Home

Guided Tour of Civil Rights Museum

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church is the church where Dr. Martin Luther King Junior was preacher from 1954-1960. Student groups will receive a guided tour of the church and parsonage and view a mural depicting crucial events and the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement from 1955-1965.

Dinner ($20 cash allowance)

Looney's - Roller Skating Party (pending availability)

SATURDAY in SELMA

7AM                Breakfast (included)

Hotel Check-Out

Old Cahawba Ghost Town Tour

Edmund Winston Pettus Bridge

The Edmond Pettus Bridge is the famous site of the conflict known as Bloody Sunday where armed officers attacked peaceful civil rights demonstrators who were attempting to march to the state capitol in Montgomery. Visiting student groups can walk across the bridge to a memorial site.

The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute is located at the foot of the Edmond Pettus Bridge. The Voting Rights Museum is a permanent memorial to the struggle to obtain voting rights for disenfranchised African Americans.

12:30 PM        Depart for Birmingham

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a extensive       interpretive museum that depicts the struggles of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The permanent exhibitions are a self-guided journey through Birmingham's contributions to the Civil Rights Movement and human rights struggles. Multimedia exhibitions focus on the history of African-American life and the struggle for civil rights.  

16th Street Baptist Church is the site of a racially motivated bombing that resulted in the deaths of four young girls on September 15, 1963. The bombing marked a turning point in the U.S. 1960s Civil Rights Movement and contributed to support for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The church was also a rallying point for civil rights activities through the spring of 1963, and is where the students who marched out of the church to be arrested in the park across the street.

Kelly Ingram Park is adjacent to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and 16th Street Baptist Church. The park is a tribute to the historical events that occurred in Birmingham in the 1960’s. It contains a central fountain and commemorative statues of Dr. King Jr. and Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. There are three installations by artist James Drake which flank a circular "Freedom Walk". They bring the visitor inside the portrayals of terror and sorrow of the 1963 confrontations. One corner of the park remembers other "unsung heroes"' of Birmingham's underrepresented.

Depart Birmingham for Atlanta

SUNDAY in Georgia

8AM                Six Flags over Georgia

View “Erasing Hate” documentary and discuss the current racist movement & the power of one person to change their heart, mind and life.

Brainstorming session to outline our “civil rights at school” documentary project

MONDAY on the ROAD

7AM                Drive to Delray Beach

6PM                 Trip Returns

TUESDAY - NO SCHOOL !!!!  SLEEP !!!!