Birmingham Civil Rights Tour in Birmingham booking from $63.85

Birmingham Civil Rights Tour

Overview

On this three hour WALKING & DRIVING tour, you’ll travel around Birmingham to learn about the struggle for equal rights from the end of the Civil War up through the Civil Rights movement. Your tour will begin at the statue of Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, the leader of the local movement Civil Rights struggle. We’ll discuss why the Civil Rights movement was needed and what led to segregation's fall. As you visit the major churches, parks and houses, you'll learn about a few groups who fought for Civil Rights in Birmingham and who fought against it.

City: Birmingham

Tue 19 Nov

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What's Included

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Air conditioned transportation

Live commentary on board

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Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Subject to favorable weather conditions. If canceled due to significant weather (hurricane, tornado, or ice), you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund
We will walk over a mile on the tour in temperatures anywhere between 40-100F. Guests must be able to walk unassisted at a reasonable speed.
Masks are required while on our transporation
Not recommended for those that cannot walk at least a mile.
Not recommended for those affected by cold/hot weather.
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Masks covering the nose and mouth are required by all individual while in transportation at all times. Gaiters, handkerchiefs, or similar face coverings are not acceptable masks. There are no exceptions. No refunds will be given to guests that refuse to comply.

What To Expect

Civil Rights District

Guests will walk around Kelly Ingram Park, see 16th Street Baptist Church, and learn about the Civil Rights movement in Birmingham

Kelly Ingram Park

Walk around the park to see the statues and learn about those who marched for freedom in Birmingham

16th Street Baptist Church

Learn about the role the church played in the Civil Rights movement in Birmingham and the history of the church bombing that tragically killed four little girls.

Linn Park

See where the march protests ended in Birmingham and learn about groups fighting for Civil Rights in Birmingham

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (457)

Kathleen M

Jun 2019

Red Clay Civil Rights Tour was very professional and passionate. Clay's organization kept us moving so we were able to see many aspects of Birmingham's civil rights history. Clay was informed and able to bring me into the moment emotionally. Seeing the actual places were the familiar stories of the civil rights movement took place, brought me into a more intimate reality pulling off the veils of time, distance and television. The tour gave me a more complex and fleshed out narrative of the Birmingham civil rights demonstrations which took place when I was ten years old and living in Massachusetts. I learned more about the context and about the history of the movement and introduced me to Rev. Shuttlesworth who was completely missing from my understanding. I would encourage participants to ask Clay the story of how he came to be giving this tour. I am inspired by him, his commitment, information, truth. He also took good care of us and provided comfortable, safe transportation. He made useful recommendations for lodging, dining and other activities. I'll take this tour again, if I get the chance and won't miss the opportunity to take the tour on Communism and the Gip's Juke Joint tour or other musical option.

Navigate09092109545

Jun 2019

I knew very little about Birmingham. Especially, just how bad things were for black people. Even though I am from 71 year old white woman from Georgia and grew up in the Jim Crow South, I was moved by the depth and breadth of the miserable conditions for black people in Birmingham. I would recommend this tour for all people. This and the amazing tour my sister and I took in Montgomery should help form a curriculum for school. I put friends because there is no Family (adults).

fcsmom

Jun 2019

especially at this moment in america, the story of the civil rights struggle is an important one to hear and our tour guide told it so well! Clay had full command of the history of the violent struggle in Birmingham, his stories were peppered with many fascinating details, he was totally engaged and brutally honest about the obscenities committed by both radical racist individuals and organizations and the government officials who aided them. we walked thru neighborhoods and parks in downtown Birmingham and drove thru outlying neighborhoods to bear witness to this dark chapter of american history. bring tissues - you'll need them

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