Joelleinitaly04

I have two days Friday & Sat to visit civil rights historical sights starting from Atlanta fri am. I need to drive home to Iowa on Sunday. Was thinking of Montgomery Selma, Birmingham & overnighting in Memphis on sat for 9 hour drive home on Sunday. Too much? Would welcome suggested itineraries

Gretchen

Do not miss the Civil Rights memorial at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery.

HappyTrvlr

Don't miss Atlanta's Martin Luther King, Jr.National Historic Site which includes several important buildings including Evenezer Baptist Church and an excellent interpretive center.

dwdvagamundo

Will you have visited the MLK Center in Atlanta before Friday A.M.? If so, I think you can do it as long as you don't mind long drives.

If not, this is pretty ambitious, but as long as you have to go to Memphis anyway to get home, might as well go to Memphis. The Civil Rights Museum there is probably our favorite.

I'd probably drop one or the other of the centers in Birmingham and Montgomery, and I personally prefer Montgomery and Selma to Birmingham, although you will have to go through Birmingham to get to Memphis no matter what you choose.

If you do go to Montgomery, you might want to stop at Tuskegee Institute on I-85 between Atlanta and Montgomery. While not a civil rights site per se, it is worth a visit.

BritishCaicos

Thanks Happytvlr

We have a day in Atlanta next October, we have only ever connected through before.

We will definitely visit the MLK centre.

ellenem

A friend found the ideas in this link from the Alabama tourist board helpful in planning a visit to the area.

http://tourism.alabama.gov/group-and...ail-itinerary/

michaelmark

If you want to see the historic sights of civil rights then you must visit Montgomery city, there are many historical monuments describing about great Alabama civil rights.

jamie99

Would you stop topping old threads mmark?