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    THE MOVEMENT

    FOLLOW THE TRAIL THROUGH TIME

    BRAVE PEOPLE. POWERFUL STORIES.

    Fred Gray Interview – Tuskegee, AL

    • Wanda Howard Battle Interview – Montgomery, AL

      “When the cause for what you believe in becomes greater than the cost, you can answer the call no matter the cost.”
      – Wanda Howard Battle
      Wanda Howard Battle, tour director at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, talks about how the church served as a headquarters for civil rights activists Vernon Johns and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    • Sybil Jordan Hampton Interview – Little Rock, AR

      “It was my hopes and dreams and goals, but also my commitment to being in the struggle for my people, being able to keep my head up high.”
      – Sybil Jordan Hampton
      Sybil Jordan Hampton talks about being a part of the second group of African American students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.

    • Elaine Lee Turner Interview – Memphis, TN

      “It didn’t matter whether we were arrested or not. We knew we had to continue the fight.”
      – Elaine Lee Turner
      Elaine Lee Turner talks about how she and her sisters dedicated themselves to peaceful protests to help the Civil Rights Movement gain momentum in Memphis, Tennessee.

    THE UNITED STATES CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL PODCAST

    The U.S. Civil Rights Trail is a collection of churches, courthouses, schools, museums and other landmarks in the Southern states and beyond that played a pivotal role in advancing social justice in the 1950s and 1960s, shifting the course of history. We started this podcast to continue our mission of motivating people to learn more, see more and feel more. Through this podcast we will tell deeper stories of the Civil Rights Movement from people who were there and made a difference.

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    THE OFFICIAL U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS TRAIL BOOK

    Get the new, official U.S. Civil Rights Trail book and take a journey through school integration, protest marches, freedom rides and sit-ins. Explore historic sites from Topeka, Kansas, to Memphis, Tennessee, from Atlanta, Georgia, to Selma and Birmingham, Alabama, all the way to Washington, D.C., and see how the places on the trail can build hope for the future.

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