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)

WENDY_C

Aug 2022

It was all amazing. I would have to honestly say Clay himself for his thoroughness and depth of knowledge and just wow.

annainbham

Aug 2022

This tour was recommended to us from a German visitor on another tour in Memphis who highly recommended Red Clay, and now I am doing the same! Our guide was the father of this "son and father" company, and it was truly like spending 3 hours with a personable historian who really knows a place intimately and can answer all of your questions with comprehensive detail and clarity. We are a family of four including kids of 17 and 11, and we all learned so much info that just can't be conveyed fully via books, museums, or movies. Our guide took us to the actual places where key events took place, and the impact of standing on these sites while envisioning the past conveyed with passion and context is deeply visceral. The story of "Bomb-ing-ham" during the post-reconstruction and Civil Rights era is horrific but also highlights countless amazing people, adults and children, who had the internal strength to organize, march for justice, and speak truth to power despite the ever-present threat of cruelty and violence. I left with a better understanding of how the past informs challenges today. You will come away from this tour feeling moved, deeply unsettled if not upset and angry, eager to learn more, and motivated to be part of the solution rather than problem in issues of race and social justice today. I recommend this tour for absolutely every U.S. citizen and wish it was a mandatory part of every school's curriculum -- can you imagine what a better country we would have if people knew their own history?

Ezra_C

Aug 2022

Worth it, Mike is great and really knows what he's doing. I learn a lot about the city and its history.

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