2019 Civil Rights Pilgrimage Itinerary

Friday- March 15:
Noon: Leave Campus
12:00 pm:  Load at ARC - 201 East Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820
12:05 pm:  Load at PAR - 902 West College Ct, Urbana, IL  61801
3:00 am: Arrive in Charleston, SC
Lodging:  Fairfield Inn & Suites Charleston North/University Area


Saturday- March 16:
1:30 pm: McCleod Plantation
5:30 pm: Dinner in downtown Charleston
8:00 pm: Discussion at the hotel
Lodging:  Fairfield Inn & Suites Charleston North/University Area

Sunday - March 17:
9:00 am: Church at Mother Emmanuel AME Church
After church: Lunch in downtown Charleston
1:00 pm: Leave for Atlanta (dinner on the road)
7:00 pm: Arrive in Atlanta/Discussion at the hotel
Lodging:  Hampton Inn Atlanta- North Lake

Monday - March 18:
10:00 am: Center for Civil and Human Rights
12:30 pm: Lunch at the CNN Center
2:00 pm: King Center (MLK Birth home, Ebenezer Baptist, grave of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King)
4:00 pm: Dinner together at an Atlanta Restaurant
6:00 pm: Discussion at the hotel
Lodging:  Hampton Inn Atlanta- North Lake


Tuesday- March 19:
7:00 am: Leave for Montgomery
10:00 am:  Southern Poverty Law Center
12:00 pm: Lunch at the RCA Tower Cafeteria
2:00 pm: Dexter Parsonage
6:00 pm: Dinner
8:00 pm: Discussion at the hotel
Lodging:  Embassy Suites Montgomery

Wednesday - March 20:
9:00 am: Peace and Justice Memorial Center (EJI)
11:00am:  Legacy Museum and Memorial for Peace and Justice
12:00 pm: On the road to Selma (lunch on the road)
2:00 pm: Footprints to Freedom Tour at the National Voting Rights Museum in Selma
5:00 pm: On the road for Jackson (dinner on the road)
11:00 pm: Arrive in Jackson at 11pm
Lodging:  Fairfield Inn & Suites Jackson Clinton

Thursday - March 21:
9:00 am: Medgar Evers House
10:30 am: Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
12:30 pm: Lunch at Jackson State University
2:00 pm: Speaker (Jackson State University)
3:30pm:  Group Discussion
4:30pm: On the road for Little Rock (dinner on the road)
Lodging:  Fairfield Inn Little Rock North

Friday - March 22:
9:00 am: Little Rock Central High School Tour
12:00 pm: Lunch in downtown Little Rock
2:00 pm: Bates Museum Foundation
3:30 pm: Capitol Building for photo with Little Rock Nine statue
4:00 pm: Leave for Memphis
6:00 pm: Dinner on Beale Street
8:00 pm: Discussion at the hotel
Lodging:  Fairfield Inn & Suites Memphis

Saturday - March 23:
9:00 am: National Civil Rights Museum
12:00 pm: Lunch
2:00 pm: Stax Museum
5:00 pm: Ernest Withers Museum
6:00 pm: Dinner together at the Hotel
8:00 pm: Discussion at the hotel
Lodging:  Fairfield Inn & Suites Memphis

Sunday - March 24:
6:00 am: Leave for campus
Noon: Arrive on campus
12:00 pm:  Unload at PAR - 902 West College Ct, Urbana, IL  61801
12:15pm:  Unload at the ARC - 201 East Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820