Moon U.S. civil rights trail : a traveler's guide to the people, places, and events that made the movement U.S. civil rights trail :
Book - 2021
The U.S. Civil Rights Trail offers a vivid glimpse into the story of Black America's fight for freedom and equality. From eye-opening landmarks to celebrations of triumph over adversity, experience a tangible piece of history with Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail. Includes flexible itineraries, historic civil rights sites, the culture of the movement, expert insight, travel tools, and detailed coverage of Charleston, Atlanta, Selma to Montgomery, Birmingham, Jackson, the Mississippi Delta, Little Rock, Memphis, Nashville, Raleigh, Durham, Richmond, and Washington DC.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Guidebooks
- Published
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Berkeley, CA :
Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group
2021-
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- volumes : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm
- ISBN
- 9781640499157
- Planning and Inspiration
- Foreword
- Preface
- Experience the U.S. Civii Rights Trail
- 10 Unforgettable Experiences Along the U.S. Civil Rights Trail
- Planning Your Trip
- Following the Freedom Riders
- Civil Rights Road Trips
- Black-Owned Businesses
- Reasons to Celebrate
- Destinations
- Charleston
- • Main port of entry for enslaved Africans.
- Three Days in Charleston
- Sights
- • Voices of the Movement: Activist Bree Newsome Bass
- Tours and Local Guides
- Shopping
- Food
- Nightlife
- Atlanta
- • Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace (1929) and the site of his homegoing (1968).
- Two Days in Atlanta
- Sights
- • Voices of the Movement: Congressman John Lewis
- Tours and Local Guides
- Shopping
- Festivals and Events
- Food
- Nightlife
- Selma
- • Site of a pivotal voting rights march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge (1965).
- Two Days in Selma
- Sights
- Tours and Local Guides
- • Voices of the Movement: Child Foot Soldier JoAnne Bland
- Festivals and Events
- Food
- Selma to Montgomery
- Montgomery
- • Site of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956).
- Two Days in Montgomery
- Sights
- • Voices of the Movement: Freedom Rider Bernard Lafayette
- Tours and Local Guides
- Shopping
- Festivals and Events
- Food
- Birmingham
- • Location of the Birmingham Campaign (1963), a hard-fought battle against segregation.
- Two Days in Birmingham
- Sights
- • Voices of the Movement: Rev. Calvin Woods
- Tours and Local Guides
- Shopping
- Festivals and Events
- • Voices of the Movement: Children's Crusade Participant Paulette Roby
- Food
- Nightlife
- Jackson, Mississippi
- • Home of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, who was murdered here (1963); destination of James Meredith's March Against Fear (1966).
- Two Days in Jackson
- Sights
- • Voices of the Movement: March Against Fear Leader James Meredith
- Tours and Local Guides
- Shopping
- Festivals and Events
- Food
- Nightlife
- Canton, Mississippi
- The Delta
- • Where Black teen Emmett Till's brutal murder (1955) helped ignite the modern civil rights movement.
- Two Days in the Delta
- Sights
- Shopping
- Festivals and Events
- Food
- Nightlife
- • Voices of the Movement: Incarcerated Freedom Riders, Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Little Rock
- • Where nine students famously desegregated an all-White high school (1957).
- Two Days in Little Rock
- Sights
- • Voices of the Movement: Elizabeth Eckford of the Little Rock Nine
- • Voices of the Movement: Little Rock Central Student Sybil Jordan Hampton
- Tours and Local Guides
- Shopping
- Festivals and Events
- Food
- Nightlife
- Memphis
- • Site of a pivotal labor strike (1968); where King was assassinated on the balcony of his motel (1968).
- Three Days in Memphis
- Sights
- Tours and Local Guides
- Shopping
- • Voices of the Movement: First-Grade Student Dwania Kyles
- Festivals and Events
- Food
- Nightlife
- Nashville
- • Hotbed of student activism, especially lunch-counter sit-ins (1960).
- Two Days in Nashville
- Sights
- Tours and Local Guides
- Shopping
- Festivals and Events
- Food
- • Voices of the Movement: Rev. James Morris Lawson
- • Voices of the Movement: Nashville Student Leader Diane Nash
- Nightlife
- Greensboro, Raleigh, and Durham
- • Early sit-in site (Greensboro; 1960); where the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was founded (Durham; 1960).
- Two Days in Greensboro, Raleigh, and Durham
- Greensboro
- Durham
- Raleigh
- Richmond and Farmville
- • Site of an influential high-school walk-out staged by 16-year-old Barbara Johns (Farmville; 1951); where sit-in demonstrators the Richmond 34 were arrested (Richmond; 1960).
- Two Days in Richmond and Farmville
- Farmville
- Richmond
- Washington DC
- • Home of the Supreme Court; site of the 1963 March on Washington.
- Three Days in Washington DC
- Sights
- Tours and Local Guides
- Shopping
- Festivals and Events
- • Voices of the Movement: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
- Food
- Nightlife
- Background and Resources
- The Road Ahead
- Get Involved
- Buy Black
- Get Educated
- History
- Before the Movement
- The Civil Rights Movement
- After the Movement: 1968-Today
- Essentials
- Transportation
- Tours
- Travel Tips
- Customs and Etiquette
- Health and Safety
- Notes
- Index
- List of Maps