Immerse your students into the rich and complex civil rights history within two iconic Southern Cities: Memphis and Nashville. Understand the impact of the Mississippi River upon economics and enslaved people, and take a ride along a Mississippi Riverboat. Channel the fears and hopes of enslaved people seeking a way of escape when we visit the Slave Haven Museum. Learn how the sanitation workers strike parallels today’s protest movement and activism and wander into Clayborn Temple. Explore the impact of college students affecting change at lunch counter sit-ins. Discover art in Nashville that resonates with the energy and sacrifice of civil rights. Visit the National Civil Rights Museum and put all that history together.
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Take the journey through Tennessee Civil Rights history with us!
