Discover the U.S. Civil Rights Trail
WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GIANTS
The fight for American civil rights spanned decades, cities and states – from Topeka, Kansas, to Memphis, Tennessee, from Atlanta, Georgia, to Selma, Alabama and all the way to Washington, D.C. Chart the course of the Movement through the Civil Rights Trail and see firsthand the struggle for equity and the power of equality.
FROM A DREAM TO A REALITY
Landmarks
Landmarks
The U.S. Civil Rights Trail is a collection of churches, courthouses, schools, museums and other landmarks across 15 states that played a pivotal role in advancing social justice in the 1950s and 1960s, shifting the course of history.
Stories
Stories
From powerful speeches to brave sit-ins and unifying marches, the fight for civil rights in America can be told through countless sites and stories that have the power to awe and inspire everyone.
Experience
Experience
Walk in the footsteps of giants. Actually visit the places where the Civil Rights Movement was forged. Create your itinerary and see firsthand how the face of a nation was changed forever.
CHOOSE A SITE AND START YOUR JOURNEY THROUGH HISTORY
If I can help somebody as I pass along,
If I can cheer somebody with a word or song,
If I can show somebody he’s traveling wrong,
Then my living will not be in vain.
If I can do my duty as a Christian ought,
If I can bring salvation to a world once wrought,
If I can spread the message as the master taught,
Then my living will not be in vain.
Drum Major's Instinct, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
FEATURED SITES
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Edmund Pettus Bridge
Selma, Alabama
SEE THE Landmark -
Little Rock Central High School Natio...
Little Rock, Arkansas
SEE THE School
SONGS OF CHANGE
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