2009 CIVIL RIGHTS TOUR ITINERARY

Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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 16, 2010 ~ ~ 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
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010 ~ ~ 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
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
7:30 p.m. Dinner, Kellogg Conference Center, Tuskegee University
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Thursday, March 18, 2010 ~ ~ 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

Thursday, March 18, 2010 ~ ~ 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 19, 2010 ~ ~ Birmingham, Alabama
6:00 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 p.m. Tour Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
11:30 p.m. Tour Birmingham Civil Rights Museum
1:30 p.m. Bus departs downtown Birmingham
2:00 p.m. Lunch, Glory Family Dinning, Fairfield, Alabama
3:30 p.m. Bus departs Fairfield for Memphis
7:45 p.m. Buses Arrive Memphis, Tennessee
8:00 p.m. Check In Hotel - Artisan Hotel, 1837 Union Avenue, Memphis (901) 278-4100
9:00 p.m. OYO Beale Street Freelance Tour (Have Fun)
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Saturday, March 20, 2010 ~ ~ 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