Alabama Civil Rights Tourism Association

05/15/2024

This article on the Target collaboration with 5 quilters from Gee's Bend highlights how corporations reap the lion's share of profits.

The Alabama Civil Rights Tourism Association plans and operates experiential tours that put the money directly into the hands of local businesses, as well as the individual people, not the corporations.

If you'd like to plan a visit to meet quilters, as well as explore the Black Belt Region's arts and history for your private group of 10 or more guests, get in touch.

Over the past two decades, Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring geometric patterns.

03/17/2024

Add a day to your Montgomery itinerary and make time for contemplation in the new Legacy Sites Freedom Monument Sculpture Park

03/07/2024

Easy read on the history of Voting Rights and Selma, Alabama.

Black Americans outnumbered white Americans among the 29,500 people who lived in Selma, Alabama, in the 1960s, but the city’s voting rolls were 99% white. So, in 1963, Black organizers in the Dallas County Voters League launched a drive to get Black voters in Selma registered. The Student Nonviole...

02/29/2024

We welcomed a group of students from New England tonight at Bricklayers Hall.

02/27/2024

Getting ready for TED Talk filming at Bricklayers Hall.

02/23/2024

06/20/2023

Thank you Franklin County! We are thrilled that you had a meaningful and transformational experience, and look forward to welcoming you again!

06/08/2023

Bricklayers Hall. Songs of Freedom

03/29/2023

Never Forget the fight for the right to vote.

On March 25, 1965, thousands of nonviolent demonstrators, led by Martin Luther King Jr., arrived at the capitol steps in Montgomery

01/17/2023

Last October, the ACRTA was part of Alabama Tourism's familiarization tour for group travel planners, where we introduced planners from around the country to authentic experiences that connect with history in Marion and Selma.

Read about it on page 12, and contact us at [email protected] to plan an experience-filled journey into the civil rights movement for your school, church or civic group.

Find the 2023 Go South Tour Planner along with group travel ideas for Group-friendly Resorts, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Minnesota in the January 2023 issue of The Group Travel Leader.

01/16/2023

“When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!' " MLK

01/15/2023

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” MLK

01/14/2023

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” MLK

01/13/2023

Visit the Museum and Memorial for free on January 16, 2023.

11/25/2022

Learn about the shared history and musical contributions of Native and African Americans in this fabulous documentary.

Filmmakers Stevie Salas, Catherine Bainbridge and Alfonso Maiorana examine the musical contributions and pop culture influence of Indigenous artists.

11/04/2022

Jewish Center of Amherst with Distan Horizons

10/19/2022

Dinner at Bricklayers Hall

09/22/2022

"Bad combinations of food; that is, there are many foodstuffs good within themselves, but when combined with other material create an unnatural appetite; and quite frequently the body is unnourished, unduly stimulated, and as a result often leads to strong drink, bad morals, and bad manners."
~ George Washington Carver, "Three Delicious Meals Every Day for the Farmer", 1916

We make sure the included meals on our tours are all great combinations!

The Edmund Pettus Bridge is a bridge that carries U.S. Route 80 across the Alabama River in Selma, Alabama. Built in 1940, it is named for Edmund Winston Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general and U.S. Senator from Alabama. The bridge is a steel through arch bridge with a central span of 250...

09/14/2022

Trafalgar Group visiting with Carlton Reese Unity Choir.

08/15/2022

Mark your calendar for the October 21st release date.

Will you visit Mobile to experience Africa Town in person?

Would you pilgrimage to West Africa?

Film from Mobile native Margaret Brown to be shown on Netflix and in some theaters

08/02/2022

Sometimes history pays a visit: We were recently honored by a visit from Mr. Leroy Moton and his son, Leroy Moton Jr. at our Montgomery Interpretive Center.

The two men are pictured standing next to an interpretive display of the events 57 years ago, when then 19-year-old Leroy Moton was heading back to Montgomery after helping to shuttle marchers at the conclusion of the March. He was traveling with Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) volunteer, Viola Liuzzo. Along the 54-mile drive, they were followed and the occupants of the vehicle opened fire on the Liuzzo car. (It was later determined that the passengers in the other car were Ku Klux Klan members and Liuzzo was shot and killed in the attack.)

During the ambush, Moton hit his head on the dashboard and passed out from the injury. When he came to, he realized that the vehicle had come to a stop on the side of the road. In the darkness, Moton found Liuzzo unresponsive and he went to find help.

A few days ago, Mr. Moton and his son traveled back to Alabama to participate in the Trail Oral History Project. His story and others who participated and witnessed the events surrounding this crucial point in American history stand as reminders as to what was at stake, what was sacrificed, and how far we still have to go.

(NPS Photo)

07/08/2022

Congratulations Attorney Fred Gray!

05/25/2022

We're delighted to announce the launch of the Alabama Civil Right Tourism Association's Symposium on the Civil Rights Movement, which will take place in Montgomery, AL February 14 - 21, 2023.
We'll have some amazing presenters, discussions with activists and foot soldiers who were a part of the 1950s and 60s civil rights movement, and visits to key civil rights sites in Montgomery, Selma, Tuskegee and Birmingham.

Alabama Civil Rights Tourism directly supports the people and communities of Alabama's historic civil rights sites, and provides thought-provoking history education that provides and understanding of how the movement correlates to civil rights in America today.

Join us in February, or contact me about a private event for your company or school group, which can also include Social Justice and DEI training and certification.

SYMPOSIUM ON The Civil Rights Movement A Learning Adventure Where History Comes Alive7 nights in Montgomery, Alabama HIGHLIGHTS• Lectures and discussions provide a foundation for understanding the Civil Rights Movement • Engage with people who were on the front lines of the 1960s demonstrations,...

05/13/2022

Dr. Howard Robinson from the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture visits with Honors Program students from the University of Alabama.

04/12/2022

What an awesome opportunity to join the unveiling of the Blank Slate Monument today at the Southern Poverty Law Center's Civil Rights Memorial.

04/07/2022

Peggy Wallace Kennedy and retired Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mark Kennedy discuss the Modern Civil Rights Movement.

04/01/2022

Peggy Wallace Kennedy and retired Alabama Supreme Court Justice Mark Kennedy visit with students from Florida at the Black Bricklayers Hall chatting about reconciliation and moving forward.

03/18/2022

We're at the New York Travel and Adventure Show this weekend. Stop by booth 949 and say hello!