Journey Along the Civil Rights Trail
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- Explore Memphis,Selma & Birmingham with a Local Specialist
- Visit Memphis, Clarksdale, Greenwood, Jackson, Birmingham, Selma, Montgomery, Tuskegee, Atlanta
- View Mississippi Blues Trail, Mississippi Freedom Trail
- Dive Into Culture
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If you've always wanted to explore America and the southern states, Memphis is a great place to start your trip! You can't help falling in love with the city, known for its musical history of rock 'n' roll, soul and the blues. Legendary performers like Albert King, Lo...
Today is all about exploring the city's treasures through a local's lens on our African American History and Culture Tour. With our Local Specialist, you'll Dive into Culture, exploring the struggles and triumphs, music and movements, legends and heroes and their tire...
With the sound of soul still firmly in your memory, depart Memphis this morning and travel through the Mississippi Delta, hitting stops along the Mississippi Blues Trail and the Mississippi Freedom Trail. Heading down Highway 61 for the next leg of our Civil Rights To...
All the sightseeing highlights and history of Jackson come to life with two your choice experiences that will make this one to remember. You could visit the home and assassination site of Medgar Evers, a prominent Civil Rights organizer and the first field secretary o...
With a full day of sightseeing in Birmingham ahead, your Local Specialist will help paint a vivid picture of the city Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once described as "probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States". Starting at the top of Red Mountain...
We may only be six days into our Civil Rights journey through the American South, but there's still so much more to see. As we take to the road this morning, you'll no doubt reflect on the significance of our next destination, Selma. The Selma to Montgomery March mark...
Waking up in Alabama's capital city, you'll appreciate taking the time to get to know its history while experiencing its modern-day buzz. Best known as the center of the movement, we'll visit some of the city's most influential museums. We start the day's adventures a...
It's hard to believe it's our last full day on our history and culture tour. A change in scenery awaits as we travel to Tuskegee, AL, to Connect With Locals at the home of Sandy Taylor. Exclusive to Trafalgar, today is all about a true warm Southern welcome at this Be...
As your south USA tour comes to a memorable end, the travel highlight of this trip will no doubt be one final tribute to the Civil Rights hero himself, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today we will learn even more about his story starting at his birthplace, see where he p...
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Trafalgar Reviews & Ratings
Anne Wernau
Sep 2022
Journey Along the Civil Rights Trail
Clean, comfortable, roomy.
Scenic Parks Explorer
We managed to see many parks during our 2 weeks
Western Discoverer
We saw an amazing range of scenery and attractions . Quite incredible really.............. To pack as much as we did into the two weeks is a testament to the meticu...
The Trailblazer
Yes, it was not a luxury tour, to earn a 5 star, everything was great.
Scenic Parks Explorer
The people the tour guide, driver and the awesome sce...
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