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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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)

Latasha123

Sep 2022

My favorite part of the tour was getting out and actually standing where the atrocities took place. Although we didn’t go inside of any buildings I would have liked to.

Sharon_J

Sep 2022

Clay was an excellent guide, very well-informed. The tour was well-organized and comprehensive covering so much of the struggle for civil rights in Birmingham up to the late 60s. It was not just a recounting of the more well known events, but also a detailing of the politics that perpetuated the system that denied African Americans their rights. Clay is clearly very knowledgeable and passionate about this tour.

Strayspice65

Sep 2022

As an educator, parent, and person of color, this tour held in it the things that so many citizens, folx who believe in community, and those that hope to live with a sense of hope and justice should seek out in any experience. The balance of real talk, visual history, and humility of Mr. Clay was simply extraordinary. In addition, the named white privilege, role of whiteness and frankly, incredibly need for allyship was named unequivocally by Mr. Clay. My only suggestion is that folx be asked to tip at the end :) and that this tour stay alive, continue, and find a way to spread more widely. The history of our country, and in fact, our continued urgency towards a more inclusive, more intentional, and more loving democratic project requires that we face our history while navigating our own role (myself included) in what we do to both refute and perpetuate the history that Mr. Clay so gently, thoughtfully, and boldly shared.

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