The Civil Rights Trail in Alabama

The Civil Rights Trail in Alabama
Celebrating and Remembering
with James Patterson, Emeritus Professor of History at Brown
October 30 - November 3, 2013
Dear Graduates, Parents and Friends of Brown,
Fifty years ago, the Civil Rights movement faced some of its most critical turning
points. The iconic protests in Birmingham culminated in the tragic bombing of the
16th Street Baptist Church. The March on Washington brought the movement more
international attention, with Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech
inspiring millions. Medgar Evers, tireless worker for desegregation in Mississippi, was
assassinated. It was a dramatic, difficult time, but the turning points of 1963 led the
Civil Rights movement toward a path of success, with the Civil Rights Act and Voting
Rights Act just around the corner.
The Brown Travelers program is celebrating this anniversary by offering a study tour
to Alabama, with the chance to meet people who lived through the struggles of the
movement in the 1950s and 1960s and to visit the places where important historical
events happened. Learn about Rosa Parks’ and MLK’s early days in Montgomery.
Walk the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, following in the footsteps of John Lewis
and other brave activists who were attacked on “Bloody Sunday.” Visit the new
Freedom Riders Museum in Montgomery and learn more about the daring story of
this band of young people putting themselves in harm’s way to end desegregation.
In Birmingham, relive the terror that took four young lives at the 16th Street Baptist
Church, but celebrate the gains the movement eventually made at the outstanding
Civil Rights Institute.
The tour will bring the history and drama of the Civil Rights movement alive but
also features other cultural highlights. Savor traditional Southern food at a variety
of African-American-owned restaurants. Discover Alabama’s musical history at
Birmingham’s Jazz Hall of Fame. Learn about up-and-coming young artists at a
Montgomery gallery specializing in Southern African-American artists.
Celebrate the tragedies and triumphs of the Civil Rights movement with the Brown
Travelers this fall. Space is limited on this Brown-exclusive study tour, so please
register soon to secure your spot.
Sincerely,
Beth Goldman Galer ‘88
Director of the Alumni Travel Program
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ITINERARY
Arrivals in Birmingham
October 30
Arrive in Birmingham by 1:00 p.m.
to meet an early afternoon group
transfer to Alabama’s capital city of
Montgomery. Upon arrival, our touring
begins immediately with a stop at the
Freedom Riders Museum. The old
Greyhound bus station where John
Lewis, John Siegenthaler and many
others were badly beaten has now
become a lovely museum that movingly
tells the story of those dramatic,
dangerous days in 1961. Continue to
the Rosa Parks Museum, dedicated
to the memory of “the Mother of the
Civil Rights Movement.” After check-in
at the Renaissance Montgomery, join
your fellow travelers for a welcome
dinner at Martha’s Place, a celebrated
bastion of traditional home-cooked
Soul Food. Your faculty lecturer will
give an introductory talk before dinner
is served.
Renaissance Montgomery (D)
Montgomery Monuments
October 31
Begin with a private visit to the former
parsonage of Martin Luther King, Jr.,
where he and his family lived during the
Montgomery bus boycott. Continue to
the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist
Church, where Dr. King was pastor from
1954 to 1960, and stand in the pulpit
where he motivated thousands. Next,
visit the Southern Poverty Law Center,
founded in 1971 as a small Civil Rights
law firm. President Richard Cohen
will lead your visit, and a special light
lunch will be provided just for our
group. Local people who played direct
roles in the bus boycott will also be
invited to tell their stories. The Center’s
powerful Civil Rights Memorial will be
the highlight of our visit, celebrating the
lives of those fighters who died during
the struggle. This afternoon stop at the
Alabama State Capitol to learn about the
significance of the steps where Martin
Luther King, Jr. celebrated the peaceful
conclusion of the Selma march. This
evening gracious local cultural leader
Marcia Weber will greet us at her
Gallery of Southern Naïve Art for a
light reception. Later, be welcomed at
Martin’s Restaurant for a festive dinner
featuring classic Southern food.
Renaissance Montgomery (B, L, R, D)
Selma and on to Birmingham
November 1
Drive about one hour west toward
Selma this morning, stopping to visit
the Marchers Memorial and Interpretive
Center. This site is dedicated to those
protesters who peacefully marched 54
miles from Selma to the state’s capitol
in Montgomery in order to gain the
right to vote. Our first stop in Selma
itself is the town’s most famous site
– the Edmund Pettus Bridge, site of
Bloody Sunday. Walk across the bridge
and visit the National Voting Rights
Museum and Institute, which offers
a pictorial history of the voting rights
struggle. Enjoy a guided visit at the
Brown Chapel AME Church, the starting
point for the marches from Selma to
Montgomery and an important venue in
the events that led to the Voting Rights
Act of 1965. Be warmly received by
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ovember 3, 2013
President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Civil Rights leaders Martin Luther
King, Jr., Whitney Young, James Farmer by Yoichi R. Okamoto
Cover Images: (top left) Selma to Montgomery Marches; (top right) Freedom Rides Museum Plaque by Liz Marjollet;
(middle left) Dexter Avenue Baptist Church by Chris Pruitt; (middle right) Rosa Parks; (bottom left) Brown Chapel
AME Church by Liz Marjollet; (bottom right) 16th Street Baptist Church by Chris Pruitt.
the church’s pastor, who will join us
for a simple luncheon in the church’s
Social Hall. Continue two hours to
Birmingham for check-in at the historic
Tutwiler Hotel and enjoy an evening at
leisure. For those travelers interested,
there will be an optional excursion to
Ona’s Music Room, one of the South’s
greatest venues for live jazz.
Tutwiler Hampton Inn, Birmingham (B, L)
Birmingham Memories
November 2
Walk a short distance to West Kelly
Ingram Park, a historical assembly
point for sit-ins, boycotts and marches.
It is also the site where Birmingham
police and firemen attacked Civil
Rights demonstrators, many of whom
were children. Continue walking to the
16th Street Baptist Church, the tragic
site of the 1963 Birmingham Ku Klux
Klan bombing that killed four young
girls. Take a guided tour of the church
and learn about its critical role in the
advancement of the Civil Rights cause in
Alabama. Return to the hotel and enjoy
free time for an independent lunch. This
afternoon, visit the Alabama Jazz Hall
of Fame at the historic Carver Theater.
This art-deco museum honors great jazz
artists with connections to the state of
Alabama. Meet legendary Birmingham
jazz musician Doc Adams, who will
serenade us with his clarinet and tell us
about the growth of jazz in his city. Our
guided touring comes to an end with a
special private tour at the Birmingham
Civil Rights Institute, a “living institution”
that views the lessons of the past as a
positive way to chart new directions
for the future. This evening we gather
for a gourmet farewell dinner at one
of Birmingham’s best restaurants, with
a lecture beforehand by our Brown
faculty lecturer.
Tutwiler Hampton Inn, Birmingham (B, D)
Departures
November 3
Breakfast is at the hotel. Take a group
transfer to the Birmingham airport for
mid-day/afternoon flights home. (B)
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• Stand in the pulpit where Martin Luther King,
Jr. motivated thousands.
• Relax over home-cooked Southern comfort
food.
James Patterson, Emeritus Professor of History at Brown, received his B.A. in history from
Williams College in 1957. After service in the U.S. Army and two years as a reporter for the
Hartford (Connecticut) Courant, he taught high school in Milwaukee and then attended
graduate school at Harvard, where he earned a Ph.D. in history in 1964. He then taught for
eight years at Indiana University before coming to Brown in 1972. He retired in 2002 after 30
years at Brown, teaching various courses (mostly of the 20th century) in U.S. history. Professor
Patterson’s many publications include “Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974,”
which won a Bancroft Prize in History, and “America in the Twentieth Century: A History.”
More recent books, all of which focus in places on race relations and civil rights, are “Brown
v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy,” “Restless Giant: The
United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore,” “Freedom Is Not Enough: The Moynihan
Report and America’s Struggle over Black Family Life from LBJ to Obama” and “The Eve of
Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America.” This trip will be Professor Patterson’s fourth
with the Brown Travelers program, and he looks forward to sharing his perspective about the
areas to be visited and their significance in modern history.
Travel with Professor James Patterson
• Tour the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
• Visit the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, dedicated
and gain a comprehensive understanding of
to jazz musicians with a connection to the state
Birmingham’s contribution to the Civil Rights
of Alabama.
movement.
• Be welcomed by a gallery owner at her studio
for a private reception.
• Follow in the footsteps of Civil Rights
activists as you walk across the Edmund
Pettus Bridge.
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