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

Sat 16 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)

sharon f

Jun 2018

My husband and I recently took The Civil Rights tour with Clay. What a remarkable gentleman with a wonderful fund of knowledge about the civil rights movement and Birmingham. He makes this period in history come to life. The three hours flew by with facts, stories, and issues to contemplate. Clay is a truly honest and remarkable gentleman who had the ability to bring a troubled era in history to life while putting it into perspective in a troubled city. There is no sugar coating, you get the real story and you get a locals view of the city. Please step outside your comfort zone, please allow a dark side of this nation to be explored, please allow a gentleman who knows the history, the local politics and the city to bring this era to life. It well be three hours spent you will not forget...it will be three hours spent you will not regret.

Erika N

Jun 2018

My 79 year old mother talked about going to Alabama for quite some time. My sisters and I had the honor to take a girls trip with her and added this tour to our agenda. WE were glad we did! This tour was so informative and eye opening. Clay was very knowledgeable and honest about this terrible time in history. I really appreciated that he did not attempt to paint a pretty picture nor did he make excuses for what can be called an act of terrorism that lasted far too long. Please take your children and young adults on this tour. I promise you will not be disappointed. I'm already planning to take my teenager and young adult as an attempt to open their eyes to what people went through so they they may have a better life. Thank you Clay for your patience and passion.

Piotr1369

Jun 2018

Clay doesn't paint Birmingham in a rosy way. There is no glorification of the steel city's tumultuous path taken to present time nor is there any room for it in his stories. What Clay does is provide visitors from all over the world a unique perspective into the Civil Rights struggle that was endured for over 100 years, and whose mark is still felt all over today. Birmingham is arduous to navigate around solo, let alone without a car. The tour efficiently takes you around all of Birmingham, touching upon the racial divide separating blacks and the iconic 16th street Baptist Church from whites in their Bull Connor led neighborhoods. Clay jumpstarts the journey with tales of how visionary and brave men, Reverend Shuttlesworth and MLK, stood steadfast against the monster which was citywide intolerance and bigotry. You're driven through racially divided neighborhoods and only start to understand just how the odds were stacked against the Freedom Riders and the brave men, women and children who marched on the streets, as water cannons and dogs were unleashed on them in blind and unjustifiable rage. This tour doesn't exist to revel you with cherry tidbits of Birmingham's transformation from a steel titan into a dying, and then, dead city. It exists to enlighten you about the roles and actions of unheralded heroes who unwaverably faced up with the Bull Connor and George Wallace institutionalized racism. I can't highly enough recommend Clay and the stories he so unselfishly shares with those who decide to dig a little deeper into what exactly Birmigham was, and about the faces which initiated a new age of desegregation and reform in the City. Thanks for a great trip Clay!

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