October 9-October 13, 2025
Journey with fellow Presbyterians and immerse yourself in learning, reflection, and action as we explore the following Civil Rights sites: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, 16th Street Baptist Church, the Legacy Museum & National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a guided tour of Selma, National Voting Rights Museum and Institute and the Pettus Bridge.
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute: A cultural and educational research center that promotes a comprehensive understanding of the significance of civil rights developments in Birmingham.
16th Street Baptist Church: Sunday, September 15, 1963, at 10:22 a.m., the church became known around the world when a bomb exploded, killing four young girls attending Sunday School and injuring more than 20 other members of the congregation.
Legacy Museum & National Memorial for Peace and Justice: a sacred space for truth telling and reflection about racial terrorism and its legacy.
Guided tour of Selma, a city that captured the attention of the entire nation and became the center of a decisive shift in the American conscience.
National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, which honors, chronicles, collects, archives, and displays the artifacts and testimony of the activists who participated in the events leading up to and including the 1965
The Pettus Bridge: On “Bloody Sunday,” March 7, 1965, some 600 civil rights marchers headed east out of Selma on U.S. Route 80. They got only as far as the Edmund Pettus Bridge six blocks away, where state and local lawmen attacked them with billy clubs and tear gas and drove them back into Selma