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 Day Eight Civil Rights Trip 2024! We started our trip home this afternoon, but not until we had the chance to visit Tuskegee, Alabama in the morning. Part of our group visited the Tuskegee Airmen site …

Day Seven Civil Rights Trip 2024! Our full day at the Legacy Museum, Memorial for Peace & Justice, and the recently-opened Legacy Sculpture Memorial. Our day pulled together all that we have been learning from the …

Day Six Civil Rights Trip Reflections 2024! We spent our day exploring various sites in downtown Montgomery. This included a visit to the Rosa Parks Museum And a tour of Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church …

Day Five: Civil Rights Trip 2024! Our remarkable and memorable day in Selma, AL. We drove into Selma, crossing the Edmund Pettis bridge, the same bridge that the marchers crossed. Our morning tour of Selma was …

Day Four Civil Rights Tour 2024! Our last day in Birmingham, Sunday, April 14th. As we’ve done every morning, we began our day with a time of morning centering. Group members had signed up ahead of …

Day 3 Civil Rights Trip 2024! Day 3 Civil Rights trip in Birmingham! We spent the morning exploring Birmingham - Kelly Ingram Park, AG Gaston motel, Negro Baseball league museum, and following the footstep of 1000 …

Day 2 Civil Rights Trip 2024! Civil Rights Trip in Birmingham. It was a long, full, meaningful and profound day! Driving to Birmingham, we drove past the exit to Holly Springs, Mississippi, the birthplace of Ida …

Day 1, Civil Rights Trip 2024! From start to finish, the day went well! Forty-two travelers left from Normal bright and early at 6:00 AM. Our first stop was the Memphis Civil Rights Museum, located next …

Follow Pastor Kathy on Normal First's Facebook,  Instagram or here on her blog, as she posts updates, pictures, & reflections on the trip every evening from April 11th thru April 19th.  Learn more about this …