History Unlocked 

Walk in Dr. King’s Footsteps

This week long immersion into American history lets students experience it….where history was made. Students will travel back in time to walk in the footsteps of Dr. King, as he marched for freedom and equality.

Back to the Start

Students will explore one of the best preserved Antebellum plantation, the Bennehan and Cameron Plantations, the largest plantation in North Carolina.

Students will learn about what life on this planation was like for those enslaved, from the living quarters to daily life. This experience is a visceral one, and puts context to life in the south for African American’s leading into the 20th century.

Rosa Parks & Courage

Students will travel to Montgomery, Alabama and explore the birth place of the Civil Rights Movement. Including

  • The Rosa Park Museum

  • The Dexter Ave King Memorial Baptist Church, where Dr. King started his ministry

  • Dr. King’s home

Later that day, students will walk in the foot steps of Dr. King on the Selma to Montgomery trail over the Edmund Pettus Bridge where voting rights marchers encounter law enforcement, which lead to “Bloody Sunday”.

Birmingham, the turning point

Students will explore how Brimingham became a turning point in fight for civil rights. They will

  • Tour the Civil Rights Institute

  • Tour the 16th Street Baptist Church, bombed by Klansman in 1963

  • Birmingham Jail - A Letter

They will learn how a low turn out of volunteers led to the use of “students”, who were a focal point in the non-violent demonstrations to desegregate the city.

Selma

Students will explore the National Voting Rights Museum and Brown Chapel where Dr. King started the Voting Rights March.

Students will learn about Viola Liuzzo and Freedom Riders, how their sacrifices helped the passing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

Program Details

Date of program: 7/19 -7/24

Age Range: 11yo +

Maximum Capacity: 10 students

Cost: $999

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