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EOD> MLK Commission
MLK Civil Rights Heritage Tour 2008
The Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission in collaboration with the City of Columbus Community Relations Commission, Asheville, Durham and Raleigh MLK Committees, N.C., Martin Luther King Resource Center and Creative Interchange Consulting of Charlotte, is pleased to sponsor a bus trip to retrace the steps of Dr. King and other civil rights heroes. This historic trip is scheduled for March 25-29, 2008.
The tour will be traveling to Cincinanti, Ohio; Atlanta, Georgia; Selma, Tuskegee, Montgomery and Birmingham, Alabama; and to Memphis, Tennesseeto retrace the steps of Dr. King and other civil rights heroes. The whole purpose of the tour reinforces that more of us should better understand, appreciate and acknowledge how all of this relates to the present and future.
During the trip, we will visit the award winning National Underground Railroad Center in Cincinnati then journey to the birth home of Dr. King and walk along historic "Sweet Auburn Avenue" in Atlanta and pay our respects at the Martin Luther King Center where Dr. King and Mrs. Coretta Scott King's tombs rest. We will relive the experience of the bravery of the people who endured "Bloody Sunday," then made the harrowing Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights. We will be better able to understand the inspiring words of Dr. King who led the march as well as get to know the unsung heroes, ordinary men and women who risked their lives to register Blacks to vote. We will relive Rosa Park's nonviolent protest in Montgomery that inspired the movement that helped open equal access to public facilities. We will also spend time in Birmingham, the epicenter of the Civil Rights Movement, and in Memphis where we will visit the National Civil Rights Museum and Lorrine Hotel where Dr. King was slain.
An excellent experience for youngsters as well
TO VIEW COMMENTS & REFLECTIONS OF CITIZENS
WHO HAVE TAKEN PREVIOUS TOURS PLEASE CLICK BLUE LINE HERE:
http://www.ncneighbors.com/news.wsi?group_id=3192&news_id=1
WHAT YOU WILL SEE AND VISIT
* Before You Depart Learn About The Treasures You Will Visit By Clicking The Blue Line Under Each Venue Name
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
http://www.freedomcenter.org
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birth Home Museum
http://www.nps.gov/malu/
Martin Luther King, Center
http://www.thekingcenter.org
Tuskegee Airfield & National Museum
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/tuskegee/airoverview.htm
Tuskegee Institute
http://www.nps.gov/tuin/
George Washington Carver Museum
http://bama.ua.edu/~almuseum/g_gwcm.htm
Booker T. Washington Homesite & Museum
http://www.nps.gov/bowa/
National Voting Rights Museum
http://www.byways.org/browse/byways/2050/places/45269/
Edmund Pettus Bridge
http://www.byways.org/browse/byways/2050/places/12698
Rosa Parks Museum
http://montgomery.troy.edu/museum/
Southern Poverty Law Center Civil Rights Memorial
http://www.splcenter.org/crm/memorial.jsp
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al7.htm
Brown Chapel AME Church
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/sitelist1.htm
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al11.htm
Birmingham Civil Rights Museum
http://www.bcri.org/index.html
Kelly Ingram Memorial Park
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/al10.htm
Lorrine Hotel National Civil Rights Museum
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org
Tour prices start at only $436.00 per person which includes bus transportation, entrance to 17 historic sites and 4 nights hotel lodging, fellowship dinner and an engraved souvenir tee-shirt. Citizens from any state or location may take the tour. There will be room for 50 riders. Those who confirm first will be guaranteed seats. One half deposit deadline is anytime before February 10, 2008. Full fare payment due by March 4, 2008.
Quad Package, $436.00 per person (4 to a room)
Triple Package, $471.00 per person (3 to a room)
Double Package, $546.00 per person (2 to a room)
Single Package, $644.00 per person (1 to a room)
Interested individuals and groups are asked to contact Jim Stowe or Bobbi Bell
James Stowe, Chairman
Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission
1111 East Broad Street, Room 302
Columbus, Ohio 43205
(614) 645-1993
E-Mail Jim Stowe
Bobbi Bell, Executive Secretary
Ohio Equal Opportunity Division
30 East Broad Street, 18th Floor
Columbus, Ohio 43215
(614) 466-8380
E-Mail Bobbi Bell
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CANCELLATION POLICY
Please be advised to eliminate and/or avoid last minute confusion and to offer you more flexibility in planning, please know that the Tour Committee is pleased to announce that an official Cancellation Refund Policy has now been established:
- Reservations which are canceled 30 days prior to the trip will be cheerfully refunded at 100%
- Reservations which are canceled 15 days prior to the trip will be refunded at 50%
- Reservations which are canceled 7 days prior to the trip will not be refunded.
ALL GROUPS, AGES & CULTURES WILL ENJOY THIS TOUR
TYPICAL PARTICIPANT'S REMARKS AFTER RETURNING
"This was the most historically enriching and emotionally fulfilling experience of my life"
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I T I N E R A R Y
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
7 a.m. Loading Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 300 W. Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio
8 a.m. Bus departs Veterans Memorial Auditorium
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 ~ ~ Cincinnati, Ohio
9:45 a.m. Bus arrives Cincinnati, Ohio
10 a.m. Tour National Underground Railroad Center
1 p.m. Lunch (TBD)
2 p.m. Bus departs for Atlanta, Georgia
8:15 p.m. Bus arrives Atlanta, Georgia
8:30 p.m. Check in Hampton Inn Marietta
455 Franklin Road, Marietta, Georgia
(770) 425-9977
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 ~ ~ Atlanta, Georgia & Tuskegee, Alabama
6:30 a.m. Wake up call
7:30 a.m. Hotel courtesy breakfast
8:30 a.m. Bus departs hotel for King Center Complex
9 a.m. Tour MLK Center & Tomb of Dr. King & Mrs. Coretta Scott King
9:30 AM Tour MLK Homesite
10:30 AM Tour MLK National Museum Historic Site
12 p.m. Board bus for Tuskegee, Alabama
12:15 p.m.Lunch stop, Courtesy McDonald's __________________________________ David Chancellor (404) 308-4006
1 p.m. Bus departs Atlanta for Tuskegee, Alabama
Time change @ GA-Alabama Border, Set watches back 1 hour
2:30 p.m. Bus arrives Tuskegee, Alabama
3 p.m. Tour Tuskegee Airmen National Museum
4:30 p.m. Tour George Washington Carver Museum
5:30 p.m. Tour Booker T. Washington Monument/Tuskegee Campus
6:30 p.m. Check in, Kellogg Conference Center Hotel, Tuskegee University (334) 727-3000
7:30 p.m. Dinner, Kellogg Conference Center, Tuskegee University
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 ~ ~ Selma, Alabama
6 a.m. Wake up call
6:30 a.m. Hotel courtesy breakfast
7:30 a.m. Buses roll towards Selma
9 a.m. Tour National Voting Rights Museum
10 a.m. Tour Slavery & Civil Rights Museum
11 a.m. Take Martin Luther King Monument Walking Tour
11:30 a.m. Walk across Edmund Pettus Bridge
11:40 a.m. Bridge crossing Prayer Of Unity
11:45 a.m. Bridge group photo
12:15 p.m. Light lunch, DT, McDonald's Highland Avenue, Selma
1:30 p.m. Depart for Montgomery
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 ~ ~ Montgomery, Alabama
3 p.m. Arrive Montgomery, Alabama
3:30 p.m. Tour Rosa Parks Museum
5 p.m. Southern Poverty Law Center Civil Rights Memorial
6 p.m. Ride by Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
6:15 p.m. Ride by home Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
7 p.m. Brotherhood Dinner, Martha's Restaurant
8:30 p.m. Return to Montgomery Ramada Inn
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Friday, March 28, 2008 ~ ~ Birmingham, Alabama
6 a.m. Wake up call
6:30 a.m. Hotel courtesy breakfast
7:30 a.m. Depart for Birmingham, Alabama
9:30 a.m. Arrive Birmingham
10:00 a.m. Tour Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
11:15 a.m. Walk through Kelly Ingram Park
12:30 p.m. Tour Birmingham Civil Rights Museum
1:45 p.m. Bus departs downtown Birmingham for Memphis
2:15 p.m. Highway lunch stop
6p.m. Buses Arrive Memphis, Tennessee
6:15 p.m. Check In Hotel - Ramada Inn America's Suites, 1837 Union Avenue, Memphis (901) 278-4100
7:30 p.m. OYO Beale Street Freelance Tour (Have Fun)
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Saturday, March 29, 2008 ~ ~ Memphis, Tennessee
7 a.m. Wake up call
7:30 a.m. Hotel courtesy breakfast
8:45 a.m. Bus depart for downtown Memphis
9:15 a.m. Group photo with tee-shirts on, entrance to Lorraine Hotel
9:30 a.m. Tour National Civil Rights Museum (Lorraine Hotel)
12:30 p.m. Bus depart Memphis for Columbus, Ohio
1:30 p.m. Highway lunch stop
7 p.m. Highway dinner stop
10:30 p.m. Bus arrives home, Columbus, Ohio
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Mail this form to:
MLK Heritage Tour 2008
Ohio Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission
1111 East Broad Street, Room 302
Columbus, Ohio 43205
Name: __________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________
City/Town: ______________________________ ZIP______________
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