This tour will take you to some of the most important sites that defined the Civil Rights Movement in America. From the pulpit where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached to the spot where Mrs. Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery City bus. Continue on to the Civil Rights Memorial center and many other sites related to the Civil Rights movement.

Located on the site of a former warehouse where Black people were forced to labor in Montgomery, Alabama, this narrative museum uses interactive media, sculpture, videography, and exhibits to immerse visitors in the sights and sounds of the slave trade, racial terrorism, the Jim Crow South, and the world’s largest prison system. Compelling visuals and data-rich exhibits provide a one-of-a-kind opportunity to investigate America's history of racial injustice and its legacy — to draw dynamic connections across generations of Americans impacted by the tragic history of racial inequality. More than 4,400 African American men, women, and children were hanged, burned alive, shot, drowned, and beaten to death by white mobs between 1877 and 1950. Millions more fled the South as refugees from racial terrorism, profoundly impacting the entire nation. Until now, there has been no national memorial acknowledging the victims of racial terror lynchings. On a six-acre site atop a rise overlooking Montgomery, the national lynching memorial is a sacred space for truth-telling and reflection about racial terror in America and its legacy.

The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church & Parsonage is the church where Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. pastored from 1954-1960 and began his quest for civil rights. In this National Historic Landmark, see the modest pulpit where Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. first preached his message of hope and brotherhood. This church was also a center point of the Montgomery bus boycott. A large mural in the church depicts King’s civil rights crusade from Montgomery to Memphis.

Award-winning exhibits trace the Freedom Riders' tumultous journey through the South, along with historic images of the protest and voices of those who supported and opposed the Freedom Rides. The Share Your Story video exhibit captures the thoughts and feelings of Freedom Riders who have visited the museum, allowing visitors to hear directly from Riders, witnesses, and supporters. The Historic Greyhound Bus Station that hosts the museum is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and illustrates how buildings were designed for racial segregation.

Located in the Historic District of Selma, Alabama at the foot of the famous Edmund Pettus Bridge, the scene of “Bloody Sunday,” the National Voting Rights Museum & Institute is the cornerstone of the contemporary struggle for voting rights and human dignity.

To cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge into Selma, Alabama is to symbolically share in the momentous and tragic events of the Voting Rights Struggles that changed America by providing all of the citizens of its democratic society the right to vote. Named for Edmund Winston Pettus, a Confederate brigadier general and U.S. Senator, the bridge traces the historic route of the Selma to Montgomery March in addition to being the focal point as a historic site of the Voting Rights struggles of the era of Civil Rights events and Bloody Sunday, when—on March 7, 1965—armed officers attacked some 600 peaceful civil rights marchers, forcing them back across the bridge with billy clubs and tear gas. The clash was broadcasted on national TV, creating a wave of support from citizens all across America that led to the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Explore Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, which was built for the Centennial 1996 Summer Olympics, and dance through its Fountain of Rings. From there visit Inman Park, the first-planned and most historic neighborhood in Atlanta and Grant Park, the oldest city park and home to the Zoo Atlanta. Then head to Atlanta’s midtown with its mix of rich history and architecture with modern skyscrapers and new upscale residential buildings.

A young boy grows up in a time of segregation…A dreamer is moved by destiny into leadership of the modern civil rights movement…This was Martin Luther King, Jr. Hear his story, visit the home of his birth, and where he played as a child. Walk in his footsteps, and hear his voice in the church where he moved hearts and minds. Marvel at how he was an instrument for social change.

The Center for Civil and Human Rights connects the American Civil Rights Movement to today's Global Human Rights Movements. Explore the fundamental rights of all human beings. Leave empowered to join the conversation in your own community. Note that the National Center for Civil and Human Rights will be closed for renovation from January 2025 through to Fall 2025.