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Overview
of Tour
(printable
.pdf format of overview )
The
Center For Nonviolence and Peace Studies ( Director, Dr. Bernard
LaFayette, Jr.) and The Multicultural Center (Director, Melvin
Wade) from the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. presents
' A Civil Rights Educational and Historical Tour' . The tour
begins Thursday, 11:00am January 3, 2002 and ends Monday,
10:00 am, January 7, 2002. The tour will travel through Nashville
and Memphis, Tennessee, Oxford, Parchman, Jackson, and Philadelphia,
Mississippi.
Tour
Schedule
(printable
.pdf format of schedule )
PROJECTED ITINERARY
FOR HISTORICAL & EDUCATIONAL TOUR
Thursday,
January 3:
Tour meets at Fisk University, Nashville, TN
Orientation, Tour instructions and video: ¡°The Nashville Story¡±
Lunch
Bus
tour of Nashville and historic sites
Dialogue with local Civil Rights Activists
Depart for Memphis, TN,
Video en route: ¡°Montgomery to Memphis¡±, produced by The King
Center
Memphis, TN, check in hotel
Leisure time
Friday,
January 4:
Tour National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN
Bus Tour of Memphis, TN
Lunch
Orientation
at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS,
concerning the violence associated with court ordered school
desegregation and the resistance by Governor Ross Barnett
Historical video en route
Tour and orientation of historical Parchman Penitentiary,
Parchman, MS
¡°Southern Style¡± home
cooked dinner, Greenville, MS
Orientation:
Greenville, Indianola and Greenwood, MS
Depart for Jackson, MS by way of Indianola and Greenwood,
MS
Historical video en route
Jackson, MS, check in hotel
Leisure time Saturday,
January 5:
Panel
Discussion: ¡°Mississippi: Challenges and Opportunities¡±
Bus tour of Jackson, MS
Lunch
Visit
historical sites in Jackson, MS
Tour Medgar Evers home and orientation
Tour debriefing and dialogue
Leisure time
Sunday,
January 6:
Worship
service, Philadelphia, MS
Lunch
Dialogue
with local Civil Rights Activists
Tour Choctaw Indian Reservation
Depart for Birmingham, AL
Dinner en route
Birmingham,
AL, check in hotel
Monday,
January 7:
Depart
for Nashville, TN
Tour ends at Fisk University, Nashville, TN, late morning
Tour
Cost
TOUR COST INCLUDES:
Roundtrip
bus transportation from Nashville, TN.; Hotel accommodations
for 4 nights (double occupancy); 4 Continental breakfast;
Admission to the National Civil Rights Museum; Speaker honorariums;
Tour guide; and Tour package. ACT NOW LIMITED SEATING!!!!
TOUR COST:
$390.00 per person (NOT INCLUDING TRAVEL TO NASHVILLE).
A $100.00 nonrefundable deposit is due no later than October
29, 2001. Balance due December 3, 2001. Undergraduate credits
are available; contact Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr., University
of Rhode Island, 401-874-2875.
MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO: DDK
Tours and mail to 3996 Brookside Parkway, Decatur, GA
30034. For additional information contact Charles L.
Alphin, Sr., DDK Tours, 770-981-8718, calphin1@bellsouth.net
or visit our web site www.wave3web.com/ddktour
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