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Congregation Mickve Israel Civil Rights Journey

Monday, April 13, 2026 26 Nisan 5786

11:00 AM - 7:00 PM 2 days afterAtlanta Georgia

MONDAY APRIL 13, 2026

By 11 AM      Meet at Atlanta airport

Go to downtown Atlanta

Tour Auburn Ave and King Center Neighborhood and Tomb

Explore the area that Dr. King was born, grew up, and is buried in. See Old

Ebenezer Church where 3 generations of King family preached. Pay our respects at Dr Martin Luther & Coretta Scott King’s tomb.

12:30 PM      Lunch at Ponce City Market

1:30 PM        Depart for Birmingham

4 PM             Context talk by Etgar 36. Introduction of Birmingham and it’s crucial role in the Civil RightsMovement.

4:30 PM        See the 16th  Street Baptist Church and Kelly Ingram Park

(CST)                Meet with the “Fifth Little Girl” who survived the 16th  Street Baptist Church

bombing. See the park where the dogs and hoses were used on the Civil Rights activists.

6 PM             Dinner and Civil Rights Experience at Temple Beth El

Hotel:            Hilton UAB   Birmingham, AL

 

 

TUESDAY APRIL 14, 2026

Breakfast at hotel

7:30 AM        Bus will be open for participants to put bags on the bus

8 AM             Depart for Selma

10 AM           Tour of Selma & Walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge

Meet with someone who was took part in the Bloody Sunday march at 11 years old. Hear their story.

Learn about Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and his involvement in the struggle. End by walking in their footsteps across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

11:45 AM      Depart for Montgomery

1 PM             Lunch at Martha’s Place

3 PM             Contextualization talk of events leading to Rosa Parks arrest and bus boycott

3:30 PM        Rosa Parks Museum

(CST)                      Stand where the Civil Rights movement began and learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott

5 PM             Mothers of Gynecology Monument and Southern Poverty Law Center Civil RightsMemorial

Evening:        Dinner on own in downtown Montgomery

Hotel:            Renaissance Hotel, Montgomery, AL

 

 

WEDNESDAY APRIL 15, 2026

 

 

Breakfast at hotel

7:45 AM

Bus will be open for participants to put bags on the bus

8:15 AM

Depart for downtown

9 AM

Equal Justice Initiative’s Memorial to Peace & Justice

Reflect on an often -overlooked tragedy at the first national memorial for victims of lynching

10 AM

Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum

Explore the evolution of racial oppression from slavery to mass incarceration

11:45 PM

Lunch

12:15 PM

Equal Justice Initiative’s Sculpture Garden

1:30 PM

Depart for Atlanta airport

5 PM

Arrive Atlanta airport

(EST)

 

7 PM             Earliest flights out of Atlanta

 

Cancellations:

            After January 1, 2026 - March 1, 2026 participants are responsible for a $400 hotel cancellation fee.

            After March 1, 2026 trip is non-refundable.

 

Not included: airfare, dinner Tuesday night &     driver tip.

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