You will learn about the struggle for dignity and humanity from museums, significant places and powerful memorials. 

You will also hear first-hand reflections from people who participated in the civil rights movement as well as learn from others who help unpack the significance of the civil rights movement, the lessons we need to learn from it, and the way in which this is an ongoing struggle for justice and equality that this history both tells and invites us to participate in. 

Your pilgrimage might begin in Tennessee or Georgia with visits to places like the National Center for Human and Civil Rights. Then travel to Alabama and Mississippi for fellowship and prayer with Mission Network partners, guided walking tours and museums.

Sample itinerary—U.S. Civil Rights Pilgrimage

Travel to Atlanta 

Dinner with Casa Alterna 

Human and Civil Rights walking tour of Atlanta 

Lunch at Sweet Auburn Curb Market 

Afternoon: Travel to Montgomery  

Evening: Check-in and debrief 

National Memorial for Peace and Justice 
Legacy Museum in Montgomery

Evening: Check-in and debrief 

Tour of Montgomery and Selma 

Afternoon/Evening: Check-in and Prep for Friday: review story of Freedom Summer murders and watch Neshoba: The Price of Freedom 

Lodging at Pine Lake Fellowship Camp 

Tour of Philadelphia, MS, story of Freedom Summer murders 

Dancing Rabbit Treaty Site 

Meal and contacts at Nanih Waiya Mennonite Church 

Evening: Check-in 

Lodging at Pine Lake Camp 

Worship with Open Door Mennonite Church in Jackson 

Mississippi Civil Rights Museum 

Conversation with folks from Open Door 

Evening: Check-in 

Jackson or Memphis 

Evening check-in and ending celebration 

Travel day home