F.D. Reese Historical Tour

Overview

You will be touring with the direct lineage of F. D. Reese! Will be able to enter the home of the late F.D. Reese who invited Dr. Martin Luther King to Selma and lead the 1st ever World's Teacher's March. You will also be able to view original artifacts from the F.D. Reese Archives.

City: Alabama

Thu 04 Sep

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What's Included

F.D. Reese Historical Tour Admission

Additional Info

Service animals allowed
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What To Expect

Brown Chapel AME Church

Tour Guides will speak about the significance of how F.D. Reese helped organize Brown Chapel to become the location that held mass meetings and the obstacles he had to overcome to get Dr. King there.

Edmund Pettus Bridge

Tour Guides will accompany you across the bridge as you learn about Bloody Sunday and more!

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (21)

M M

Mar 2022

I am a middle school teacher from Mobile, Alabama. I have taken my students to Selma, Alabama to participate in the F.D. Reese Historical tour with Alan and Marvin Reese. These are F.D. Reese's grandsons. The provide a real living history of the civil rights movement and will keep you on the edge of your seat as they make F.D. Reese's story and involvement with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., SCLC, John Lewis, SNCC, and others come to life as you visit these places. The Reese homeplace is a treasure and you will travel back in time and feel as if you are sitting with F.D. Reese and his sweet wife, Alline, as they met in secret with the Courageous Eight to plan marches in Selma. You will see the home where these meetings took place along with the porch that was fire-bombed. They will show you primary sources from F.D. Reese's personal collection including letters, telegrams, and photographs from many historical people. I highly recommend reading Selma's Self-Sacrifice before you go. It will really make this tour a special experience for you. Being able to walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with F.D. Reese's son, grandsons, and over a hundred of my students is by far one of the most powerful things I have ever experienced. I recommend this for couples, scholars, families, and even school groups!

stevenlS9511JP

Dec 2021

Waited at the spot for about 15 minutes. No one showed up. Called the number and it no longer exists.

Jay_S

Aug 2021

Living history. Alan Reese and Marvin Reese Jr. start at the family home of their grandfather F.D. Reese and explain his critical role as a teacher, pastor and civil rights leader "on the ground" as they tour you around key spots in Selma. Family stories abound about the coordination between Reese and folks like John Lewis and Martin Luther King around the watershed civil rights moments Bloody Sunday, the Edmund Pettus Bridge and the march from Selma to Montgomery in March 1965. Wow.