Tennessee

Memphis civil rights tour: Remember King’s assassination at the Lorraine Motel

Memphis is the city where Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream came to an end. On April 4, 1968, a sniper took his life as he stood on a motel balcony. The nation’s heart was broken, and the civil rights movement lost its momentum. A visit to the city can be a solemn pilgrimage, but […]

Nashville’s sit-in history lives on in exhibits, restaurant

Nashville Public Library Civil Rights Room

While Tennessee’s capital city isn’t usually mentioned as a center of protest, Nashville played an out-sized role in planning and driving the Civil Rights Movement. Much of it was based in the city’s historically Black colleges, including Fisk University, Tennessee State, (then Tennessee A and I), Meharry Medical College and American Baptist Theological Seminary. […]

Where to go

A traveler can find traces of civil rights history across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. But the key battles of the Civil Rights Movement were fought in the Deep South, and it’s where you can find historic sites and moving monuments. We’ll show you how to visit and experience these important places, including:

Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge, site of Bloody Sunday
The “lynching memorial” in Montgomery, Alabama
The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, where four girls died in a Sunday school bombing
The Lorraine Motel, where King was assassinated in Memphis
Central High School, where the Little Rock Nine students faced angry mobs in Arkansas
The Woolworth’s counter where students stage a sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina
Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth home and grave in Atlanta

Who we are

Civil Rights Travel is online guidebook designed to plan a journey into the history of the civil rights movement.

This website offers detailed city tours, videos and much more, telling the stories of heroes who confronted racism and injustice, and changed the world.

You’ll find multiple itineraries, and suggestions for making the most of your travels, providing great restaurant and hotel tips, and cool things to see along the way.

It was created by veteran journalist Larry Bleiberg, an award-winning travel editor and writer, who has published in the top newspapers, magazines and websites in the world.