In Search of Soul Food: Civil Rights in America
This project begins in Little Rock, Arkansas and takes us on a modified pilgrimage to explore the sights, sounds, and images of the nonviolent, direct action of the Civil Rights Movement in six Southern cities. Before we have finished, we will have explored Memphis, Jackson, Selma, Montgomery, Birmingham, and Atlanta, and have met people who lived through some of these pivotal events of the 1960s. We also will explore the literature, listen to the music, eat the food, and learn to appreciate the unique flavor of Southern life. PHOTOS BELOW

Here's a brief itinerary of our journey:

• Fly from Midway to Little Rock, where we will board the Motor Coach and begin the journey!
• Lunch in Little Rock before touring the Central High School Visitor Center and taking a brief tour of the Clinton Library (because we're there!)
• drive to Memphis, where we'll dine at Alfred's on Beale Street

• Tour the National Civil Rights Museum on the site of the old Lorraine Hotel
• Drive to Oxford to see Ole Miss before traveling to Jackson, MS

• Early bus tour of Medgar Evers' neighborhood; tour the Old State Capitol Museum and walk through the new State Capitol Building; tour the Smith Robertson Museum
• after lunch, drive to Selma, AL, tour the Voting Rights Museum and Institute and meet Joanne Bland
• Depart for Montgomery

• Tour the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Rosa Parks Museum
• Tour the King Memorial, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
• Tour the Alabama State Capital Building before departing for Birmingham

• Tour the 16th Street Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram Park, and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
• Depart for Atlanta, GA

• Tour the King National Historic Site: King Birth Home, Auburn Ave. Firehouse, King Center for Non-Violent Change, King Gravesite, Ebenezer Baptist Church
• Self-guided walking tour of Morehouse College before flying back to Chicago (O'Hare!)