You can fly into Birmingham’s airport to begin this exciting tour. The airport services American, Delta, Continental, United Express, Southwest, and US Airways/America West. By car, Birmingham is accessible by I-65, I-20 and I-59.

Start your tour at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, an interpretive museum that depicts the struggles of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. You will be enchanted by old and new exhibits that tell the story of a people and a movement. Across the street, visit the historic Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, bombed by Klansmen in 1963, killing four little girls. Stroll through Kelly Ingram Park where sculptures depict the reality of the police dogs and fire hoses that were turned on demonstrators who gathered here to protest segregation laws.

Highlights include:

• The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
• Across the street, historic Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, a famous civil rights landmark that was bombed by Klansmen in 1963, killing four little girls.
• Across the street from the church, Kelly Ingram Park features sculptures depicting the reality of the police dogs and fire hoses that were turned on demonstrators who gathered at the park in the 1960s.
• Tour historic 4th Avenue North, location of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame.

Attractions Contact Information:
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (205.328.9696)
One of the South's finest museums offers photos, videos, audio and exhibits that take visitors inside the integration movement. See the cell where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote the famous "Letter from the Birmingham Jail." www.bcri.org

Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (205.251.9402)
Visit the church that suffered the deadliest moment in the history of the civil rights era. On Sept. 15, 1963, four girls preparing for Sunday school were killed by a bomb in the church basement.

Accommodations:
The Tutwiler Hotel Hampton Inn & Suites - The Tutwiler has been selected for both the Mobil Travel Guide Four-Star and AAA Four Diamond awards. Built in the 1920s, The Tutwiler Hotel is a showplace in the heart of Birmingham's vibrant business and financial districts.
22021 Park Place North
205.322.2100
www.thetutwilerhotel.com

The Historic Redmont Hotel - Located in the heart of Birmingham's financial and historic districts, this historic hotel is the city's oldest operating hotel and is now its newest. Multi-million dollar renovations have transformed this property into a classic grand hotel.
2101 5th Avenue North
205.324.2101
877.536.2085
www.theredmont.com

The Hotel Highland at Five Points South -The Hotel Highland at Five Points South is Birmingham's premiere boutique hotel nestled in historic Southside.
1023 20th Street South
205.933.9555
800.255.7304
www.thehotelhighland.com

Cobb Lane Bed and Breakfast - National Historic Registered 1898 Inn favorably reviewed by The New York Times, Victorian Homes, Birmingham magazine, and Portico, and recipient of Birmingham Historical Society award.
1309 19th Street South
205.918.9090
http://www.cobblanebandb.com

Dining:
Highlands Bar and Grill - The Highlands baked grits are listed in the “100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die” brochure.
2011 11th Avenue South
205.939.1400
www.highlandsbarandgrill.com

Hot and Hot Fish Club - The tomato salad and pickled okra are listed in the “100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die” brochure.
2180 11th Court South
205.933.5474
www.hotandhotfishclub.com

Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q - The cheese biscuits are listed in the “100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die” brochure.
1908 11th Ave South
205.320.1060
www.jimnnicks.com

Niki's West Steak & Seafood Restaurant - The vegetable buffet is listed in the "100 Dishes to Eat in Alabama Before You Die" brochure.
233 Finley Avenue West
205.252.5751
nikiswest.com

Travel to Selma across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, where the civil rights march began in 1965 and where law enforcement personnel confronted voting rights marchers on Bloody Sunday. The marches and other protests around the state eventually led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Visit the Brown Chapel AME Church, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. launched the voting rights march. Tour the National Voting Rights Museum & Institute, which houses memorabilia honoring the attainment of the right to vote. Also downtown, see the Old Depot Museum with artifacts from Native American days up through the voting rights era. In the afternoon, visit antebellum mansion Sturdivant Hall, designed by a cousin of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. See the Old Live Oak Cemetery, where Alabama and America’s first black congressman, Benjamin Sterling Turner, is buried.

Depart for Montgomery and follow the Selma-to-Montgomery Trail. Be sure to stop at the Viola Liuzzo historic marker, between Lowndesboro and Montgomery near mile marker 111. It is placed near the spot where Mrs. Liuzzo was shot and killed by four Klansmen while she was giving black marchers a ride back to Selma following the Selma-to-Montgomery march. Also visit the Selma-to-Montgomery Trail Interpretative Center at White Hall to learn more about the marchers and the trials they encountered. In Montgomery, visit the Rosa Parks Museum and feel what it was like to be arrested for not moving to the back of the bus. Stop for lunch in downtown Montgomery. Stand in the pulpit at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached. Visit the Alabama State Capitol, the birthplace of the Confederacy and the final stop along the Selma-to-Montgomery march. Nearby, see the Civil Rights Memorial. Travel only a few blocks and visit the Dexter Parsonage Museum to tour the residence once occupied by Dr. King and his family.

• Follow the Selma-to-Montgomery Trail over the Edmund Pettus Bridge where law enforcement personnel confronted voting rights marchers.
• Selma-to-Montgomery Trail Interpretive Center - the National Park Service museum is at the midpoint of the Selma-to-Montgomery March and offers photos and memorabilia.
• Rosa Parks Museum - Feel what it was like to be arrested for not moving to the back of the bus.
• Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church – See where Dr. King started his ministry.
• Dexter Parsonage Museum - Tour the residence in Montgomery formerly occupied by Dr. King and his family. See actual furnishings from the time when Dr. King’s family lived in the home.
• Alabama State Capitol – See the birthplace of the Confederacy and the final stop along the Selma-to-Montgomery March.
• Civil Rights Memorial – The memorial designed by national artist Maya Lin is one block south of the church where Dr. King was pastor.

Travel to Tuskegee and Moton Field, home of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site. Tuskegee Airmen were among the best fighter pilots of World War II. Also visit the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site, which includes The Oaks, home of Booker T. Washington; the George Washington Carver Museum; and the historic Tuskegee University campus. Later, see the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center with its photography and videos about the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study as well as a timeline through Alabama history. Overnight in the area.

• Moton Field and Tuskegee Army Air Field, where the Tuskegee Airmen, famed black aviators, learned to fly.
• The Oaks, home of Booker T. Washington.
• George Washington Carver Museum, dedicated to the work of the famed scientist on the historic Tuskegee University campus.
• Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center. See photos and videos on the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study.