Memphis Class Trips, TN, - Highlights
W.C. HANDY MUSEUM-VIEW ITEMS THAT BELONG TO W.C. HANDY IN THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY FRAME HOUSE WHERE HE LIVED COMPOSING MEMPHIS BLUES and ST. LOUIS BLUES
NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM – THE MUSEUM EXISTS TO ASSIST THE PUBLIC IN UNDERSTANDING THE LESSONS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND ITS IMPACT AND INFLUENCE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT WORLDWIDE, THROUGH ITS COLLECTIONS, EXHIBITIONS, RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
SLAVE HAVEN HOUSE & UNDERGROUND RAILROAD – A BASIC WHITE WOODEN HOUSE BUILT IN 1849 SERVED AS MEMPHISS’ MOST IMPORTANT STATION ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD TOUR THE CELLAR WHERE PEOPLE HID ON THE WAY TO FREEDOM.
HENNING – “ROOTS TOUR”- VISIT THE HALEY HOUSE MUSEUM, * HISTORIC HENNING LOCATIONS OF KUNTA KINTE AND DECENDANTS, * A VISIT TO THE BURAL SITE OF CHICKEN GEORGE AND OTHER HALEY ANCESTORS, * BUSINESS LOCATIONS OWNED BY ALEX HALEY.
Montgomery Field Trip , AL. – HIGHLIGHTS
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY – WELL KNOWN AFRICAN-AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE WAS CREATED IN 1881 BY A LEGISLATIVE ACT. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON WAS THE SCHOOLS FIRST PRESIDENT.
CARVER MUSEUM – MUSEUM’S EXHIBITS INCLUDE NEEDLEWORK, PAINTINGS VEGETABLES SPECIMENS AND SAMPLES OF PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM PEANUTS AND SWEET POTATOES; ALL PART OF DR. CARVERS CONTRIBUTIONS.
CIVIL RIGHTS MEMORIAL – THE MEMORIAL WAS DESIGNATED BY VIETNAM MEMORIAL ARTIST MAYA LIN. ENGRAVING CHRONICLE KEY EVENTS IN THE 1955 TO 1968 STRUGGLE FOR RACIAL EQUALITY.
Birmingham School Trip, AL – HIGHLIGHTS
LOCAL GUIDE – WILL MEET YOU AT GLORY’S AND WILL HAVE A COMPLETE PACKAGE FOR YOU “THE TRAVEL SCENE”
16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES-VISIT THE CHURCH WHERE FOUR YOUG GIRLS WERE KILLED BY A BOMB THAT EXPLODED NEAR THE CHURCH SANCTUARY. THE TRAGEDY WAS A MAJOR TURNING POINT IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS PROTEST.
ALABAMA SPORTS HALL OF FAME- THIS 3-STORY SPORTS MUSEUM CAPTURES THE ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR STATE’S GREATEST CHAMPIONS WHO HAVE MADE THEIR MARK IN AMERICAN SPORTS HISTORY.
CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE TOUR- THIS LIVING INSTITUTION CHRONICLES THE DRAMATIC ACTIVITIES IN BIRMINGHAM DURING THE 1960’S.
KELLY INGRAM PARK- THE HISTORIC PARK WAS THE SITE OF VIOLENT ATTACKS ON PEACEFUL CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS DURING THE 1960’S.
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