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*Agenda updated on 11/3/17

Facing History Alabama Study Tour Agenda

Sunday, November 12 to Friday, November 17, 2017 Montgomery, Marion, and Selma, Alabama

During our trip, we will examine critical periods in American history and explore the connections to global issues that appear in headlines every day. This will be an experiential journey that retraces pivotal moments in the history of slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights Movement while simultaneously making connections to issues of equity and democracy. Sunday, November 12 - Travel Day & Welcome Dinner: Atlanta & Montgomery 1:00 PM ET Transfers provided from the Atlanta Airport baggage claim to the Renaissance Hotel; transfer bus will leave promptly at 1 pm - please look out for individuals holding signs to point the way *Guests are responsible for their own lunch at the Atlanta Airport. 4:00 PM CT Guests check-in to the Renaissance Hotel 5:00 PM Guests meet in the lobby 5:15 PM Bus to Capital City Club. Please board any bus to and from dinner. 6:00-9:00 PM Welcome DINNER Capital City Club | 201 Monroe St., Montgomery

Opening remarks from Roger Brooks, President & CEO, and Marc Skvirsky, Vice President & Chief Program Officer for Facing History.

Welcome from Mayor Todd Strange of Montgomery.

Remarks from Justice Vanzetta Penn McPherson, United States Magistrate Judge (Retired).

Small group discussions in 3 bus groups. 9:00 PM Return to the Renaissance Hotel via bus, END OF DAY

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Monday, November 13 - Day 1: Montgomery 7:00-8:15 AM BREAKFAST Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa | 201 Tallapoosa St., Montgomery 8:30 AM Walk to the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) (~5 min.)

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) was founded in 1989, by lawyer and professor of Clinical Law, Bryan Stevenson. EJI is a private nonprofit that provides legal representation to disadvantaged defendants and prisoners who have been denied fair and just treatment in the legal system. The organization is committed to challenging poverty and racial injustice, advocating for equal treatment in the criminal justice system for the poor, disadvantaged, and incarcerated, and creating hope for marginalized communities. EJI's Community Remembrance Project is part of their campaign to recognize the victims of lynching by collecting soil from lynching sites and creating a memorial that acknowledges the horrors of racial injustice. Community members are invited to join EJI staff to collect soil from sites throughout Alabama.

8:45-10:30 AM Morning Program at EJI Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), Presentation Room | 122 Commerce St., Montgomery Marc Skvirsky will provide a framing for the morning and will introduce Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director of EJI. Bryan will lead a conversation with the group and will end his presentation with Q&A. 10:30-10:45 AM BREAK 10:45-11:30 AM Museum Presentation: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration 11:30-12:30 PM Soil Collection and Monument Presentation 12:30-2:00 PM Boxed LUNCH with informal small group tours of the Museum 2:00-2:15 PM Memorial to Peace and Justice (otherwise known as the National Lynching Memorial) Introduction and counting off into 10 small groups 2:15-2:45 PM Walk to the Memorial in small groups 2:45-3:30 PM Tour of the Memorial 3:30-4:00 PM Walk back to EJI 4:00-5:30 PM Presentation from Exonerated Prisoner, Anthony Ray Hinton Anthony Ray Hinton served nearly 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. EJI lawyers and staff, including Bryan Stevenson, represented Hinton in his court battles. 5:30-5:40 PM Closing Remarks from Marc Skvirsky 5:40-5:50 PM Walk back to the Renaissance Hotel and REST 6:30 PM Guests gather in the lobby and walk to 129 Coosa (~5 min.) 7:00-9:30 PM DINNER and Evening Program 129 Coosa at Central Restaurant | 129 Coosa St., Montgomery

Opening remarks and reflection on the day with Marti Tippens Murphy, Executive Director, Memphis, and Steven Becton, Program Director for Equity and Inclusion for Facing History.

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Presentation on the Facing History Memphis Lynching Project with Facing History students, Khamilla Johnson and Arely Herrera, and Facing History teacher, Dr. Marilyn Taylor.

Remarks from Michael Murphy, architect of the National Lynching Memorial and Co-Founder/Executive Director of the MASS Design Group, regarding architecture and memory.

Closing remarks and setting the stage for the next day with Marc Skvirsky. 9:30 PM Guests walk back to the Renaissance Hotel, END OF DAY. *Guests are welcome to stay late at 129 Coosa to continue conversations with the presenters and one another. Tuesday, November 14 - Day 2: Montgomery & Marion *Please note that this will be an especially long day with the group leaving very early in the morning and not returning to the hotel until 11:30 pm. Snacks and water will be available on the buses. 7:00-7:30 AM BREAKFAST (optional debrief session in small groups) Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa | 201 Tallapoosa St., Montgomery 7:45 AM Please gather in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel. Buses will depart promptly at 8:00 AM for the Alabama State Archives. Buses are pre-assigned. Please find your bus number on your nametag. The Alabama State Archives is the first state department of archives and history in the United States. The Archives were formed due to a convergence of three cultural interests: the progressive movement promoting improved education to create a more informed citizenry, the desire to preserve material about the Civil War, and a need to preserve materials necessary for understanding our shared history. Founded in 1901, the Alabama archives inspired a national movement and served as a model for many other states. 8:30-9:15 AM Introductory remarks from Marc Skvirsky and Steve Murray Alabama Department of Archives and History, Farley Auditorium| 624 Washington Ave, Montgomery Marc Skvirsky and Steve Murray, Director of the Alabama State Archives, frame the day focusing on how race impacted Alabama from slavery to today. There will be a brief description of the current exhibition of photography from Jim Peppler. 9:15-9:30 AM Transition to Two Breakout Groups (counted off in the auditorium) 9:30-10:45 AM Breakout Session #1

1. Interaction with Primary Sources, curated by archivists (in 3 small groups) Investigate primary source documents, including materials from Reconstruction, postbellum labor contracts, convict leasing, racial disparity in education, and the modern Civil Rights Movement with museum archivists. Location: Basement

2. Tour the Museum of Alabama, with staff historians (in 3 small groups) Location: Main Floor

10:45-11:00 AM Groups switch 11:00-12:15 PM Breakout Session #2 (see above for details) 12:15-1:15 PM LUNCH Milo B. Howard Auditorium at the Alabama Department of Archives and History *Facing History Program Staff meet with Archives staff in the Director's office during lunch Steve Murray to describe the photographs surrounding us in the space.

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1:15-1:30 PM Closing remarks from Marc Skvirsky 1:30-3:00 PM Bus to Marion Historians provide framing on the buses - John Harden, Scotty Kirkland, and Steve Murray *Stop at the Selma Welcome Center for a bathroom break at 2:30 pm. Marion is the town where Jimmie Lee Jackson was killed, which became the catalyst for the first march from Selma to Montgomery. Tour Guides in Marion: Willie Nell Avery, Anne Robinson, and Della Simpson Maynor 3:30-5:15 PM Program at the Lincoln Normal School Lincoln Normal School | corner of Lincoln & Lee St., Marion The Lincoln Normal School was established for African Americans after the Civil War and is where Coretta Scott King graduated high school. Billie Jean Young, longtime activist, writer, and MacArthur Genius Award recipient, and members of the community will describe the history of the school and its significance in the Civil Rights Movement. The program will end with a performance by Billie Jean where she will represent Fannie Lou Hamer. 5:15-5:25 PM Bus to Zion Church 5:25-5:45 PM Short walking tour from the Zion Church to the local jail and back Zion United Methodist Church | corner of Pickens & Martin Luther King Drive, Marion Activists were imprisoned at this jail for their protests concerning voting rights.

5:45-7:15 PM Zion Church Program This program is designed to tell the Marion and Perry County Voting rights history via speakers, storytelling, drama, and song. 7:15 PM Guests board buses for Judson College. 7:30-8:30 PM Home-cooked Southern DINNER Judson College | 302 Bibb St., Marion 8:30-9:30 PM Storytelling facilitated by Billie Jean Young We will be joined by a number of activists and organizers from the Civil Rights Movement who will tell their personal stories. 9:30-11:30 PM Buses return to the Renaissance Hotel, END OF DAY Wednesday, November 15 - Day 3: Selma to Montgomery 7:00-7:30 AM BREAKFAST (optional debrief session in small groups) Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa | 201 Tallapoosa St., Montgomery 7:45 AM Please gather in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel. Buses will depart promptly at 8:00 AM for St. Jude. Buses are pre-assigned. Please find your bus number on your nametag. 8:15-8:50 AM Tour and Informal Program at St. Jude The City of St. Jude | 2048 W Fairview Ave, Montgomery This was the last site of the Voting Rights March from Selma to Montgomery. 9:00-10:00 AM Bus to Selma Tour Guides on Buses: Ann Clemons, Joseph Caver, and Howard Robinson

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10:00-10:15 AM Bathroom Break Selma Welcome Center | 14 Broad St., Montgomery 10:15-12:30 PM Walking/Driving Tour of Selma Walking and driving tour of Selma, including a visit to Brown Chapel, the gathering place for marchers on "Bloody Sunday" in 1965. While at Brown Chapel, actor Phil Darius Wallace will give a rendition of one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches. The tour will also stop at Live Oak Cemetery, a historic site which includes famous burials and a contested Confederate monument.

12:30-1:45 PM LUNCH Wallace Community College, Cafeteria | 3000 Earl Goodwin Parkway, Selma During lunch historians Joanne Bland, Kirk Carrington, and Charles Mauldin will tell their stories of being student activists during the Civil Rights Movement.

The women of Gee’s Bend—a remote, black community in Alabama—have created hundreds of quilt masterpieces dating from the early twentieth century to the present. Resembling an inland island, Gee’s Bend is surrounded on three sides by the Alabama River. The inhabitants of this rural community are mostly descendants of slaves; for generations they worked the fields belonging to the local Pettway Plantation. Quiltmakers have produced countless patchwork masterpieces beginning as far back as the mid-nineteenth century, with the oldest existing examples dating from the 1920s. Enlivened by a visual imagination that extends the expressive boundaries of the quilt genre, these astounding creations constitute a crucial chapter in the history of African American art.

2:00-3:15 PM Program with Women of Gee's Bend Auditorium at Wallace Community College After an introduction from Dr. Tara White, a history instructor at Wallace Community College, the Gee's Bend Quilters will share their quilts, stories, and songs. We will be joined by the Wallace Community College student body. 3:15-3:45 PM Bathroom Break and board buses 3:45-4:00 PM Bus to Edmund Pettus Bridge 4:00-4:45 PM Cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge (walking) We will cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the site of “Bloody Sunday,” and then travel to the National Park Service’s Lowndes Interpretive Center. 4:45-5:15 PM Bus to Lowndes Interpretive Center 5:30-6:40 PM Program, Part I Lowndes County Interpretive Center, outdoor tent | 7002 US-80, Hayneville The program will focus on the preservation of memory at the Interpretive Center, which is on the site of Tent City (a settlement on black-owned property formed in 1965 for sharecroppers who were kicked off their land for voter registration activity).

A presentation on how we preserve memory from Sandy Taylor, Park Superintendent for the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.

An overview of Tent City from Anthony Bates, Park Ranger for the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.

Lynda Lowery, the youngest person to make the march from Selma to Montgomery, will tell her story, partially through song.

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6:40-6:45 PM Overview of the rest of the evening from Marc Skvirsky 6:45-8:15 PM DINNER 8:15-9:30 PM Program, Part II

An interview between Marc Skvirsky and Billie Jean Young.

Performance by actor Phil Darius Wallace.

Singing and poetry, to conclude the evening. 9:30-10:00 PM Buses return to the Renaissance Hotel, END OF DAY. Thursday, November 16 - Day 4: Montgomery 7:00-8:45 AM BREAKFAST (optional debrief session in small groups) Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa | 201 Tallapoosa St., Montgomery 9:00 AM Please gather in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel. Buses will depart promptly at 9:15 AM for the Montgomery tour. *Note that there are 4 pre-assigned bus groups for Thursday morning. Your bus group letter is noted on your nametag. 9:15-9:45 AM Bus Tour of Historical Sites in Montgomery Tour Guides on the Buses: Joseph Caver, Ann Clemons, Howard Robinson, and Dorothy Walker 9:45 AM Buses drop groups at 4 different museums *Please note that the museum tours are pre-assigned. Groups will tour 2 sites: the Freedom Rides Museum and the Dexter Parsonage Museum OR the Civil Rights Memorial Center and the Rosa Parks Museum. 10:00-11:00 AM Museum Tour #1, in 4 groups

The Freedom Rides Museum opened in 2011, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides. In 1961, a group of volunteers challenged the practice of segregated travel throughout the American South. They called themselves Freedom Riders as they crossed racial barriers in depots and onboard buses. The 1961 Freedom Riders - black and white, male and female, none older than 22 - stepped off a bus at the Montgomery Greyhound Station on May 20, 1961. This group was prepared to meet mob violence with non-violence and courage. This Museum is dedicated to preserving the history of their efforts.

The Dexter Parsonage Museum, the historic home to twelve pastors of the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church from 1920-1992, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. This is the actual residence where Dr. King and his young family lived between 1954 and 1960. It was restored in 2003 by the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Foundation, Inc., under the direction of church members, acting as an Authentication Committee.

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The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a non-profit organization that combats hate, intolerance, and discrimination through education and litigation. Lawyers working for the SPLC have toppled institutional racism and stamped out remnants of Jim Crow segregation; destroyed some of the nation’s most violent white supremacist groups; and protected the civil rights of children, women, the disabled, immigrants and migrant workers, the LGBT community, prisoners, and many others who faced discrimination, abuse, or exploitation. Created by Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer Maya Lin, the Civil Rights Memorial is located across the street from the Southern Poverty Law Center's office building in Montgomery, Alabama. This memorial commemorates 41 people who died in the struggle for integration and the equality of all people. The memorial plaza was envisioned by Lin as “a contemplative area—a place to remember the Civil Rights Movement, to honor those killed during the struggle, to appreciate how far the country has come in its quest for equality, and to consider how far it has to go.” The Rosa Parks Museum, located at Troy University, opened in 2000. The museum celebrates the life and legacy of civil rights activist Rosa Parks. Located in downtown Montgomery, the museum is constructed on the site of the old Empire Theatre where Mrs. Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man in 1955. 11:00-11:30 AM Buses boarded and transport groups to 2nd museum tour 11:30-12:30 PM Museum Tour #2, in 4 groups 12:30-1:00 PM Buses pick up guests and drive them to 129 Coosa 1:15-2:15 PM LUNCH 129 Coosa at Central Restaurant | 129 Coosa St., Montgomery 2:15-3:30 PM Talk with Bernard Lafayette Dr. Bernard Lafayette, a longtime civil rights activist and authority on non-violent change, will speak to the group and tell his story. During his talk, we will be joined by other activists who lived through this tumultuous period in history who will participate in the Q&A. 3:30 PM Walk back to the Renaissance Hotel (~5 min.) 5:00 PM Please gather in the lobby of the Renaissance Hotel. Buses will depart promptly at 5:15 PM for the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA). Please board any bus to and from dinner. 5:45-7:00 PM Program with Beverly Daniel Tatum Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) | 1 Museum Dr., Montgomery *While at the museum, copies of books by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, Dr. Bernard Lafayette, and Lynda Lowery will be available for sale through a local bookstore. Steven Becton, Program Director for Equity and Inclusion at Facing History, will facilitate a conversation focused on contemporary issues of race and identity with Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, President Emerita of Spelman College. This is the inaugural presentation of the Sheldon Baskin Lecture Series. This series, which will bring a keynote speaker in the areas of civil discourse, civic engagement, equity and inclusion to yearly leadership gatherings, was established in memory of Shelly Baskin to honor his commitment to Facing History.

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7:15-9:00 PM DRINKS and APPETIZERS during evening at the Museum Curator Jennifer Jankauskas and Birmingham artist Darius Hill will give brief remarks prior to private optional tours of the Contemporary Artists of Alabama exhibit. Throughout the night jazz music will be performed by musician Ron Handy. 9:15-9:30 PM Buses return to the Renaissance Hotel, END OF DAY. Friday, November 17 - Final Day & Travel: Montgomery & Atlanta 7:30 AM Please drop off your luggage at the holding area in the lobby before going to breakfast. 8:00-8:45 AM BREAKFAST (optional debrief session in small groups) Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa | 201 Tallapoosa St., Montgomery 9:00-9:30 AM Reflection time with the whole group 9:30-11:30 AM Final Panel Session

Marc Skvirsky to introduce Richard Cohen, President of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), who will make remarks on the state of hate groups in the United States.

Panel addressing issues of racial and economic justice in Alabama facilitated by Evan Milligan, Law Fellow at EJI. Panelists include:

o Shay Farley, Policy Counsel at SPLC o Lucia Hermio, Public Advocacy Director at the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama o Aylia McKee, Director of the Public Defender's Office for Montgomery County, Alabama o Jonathan Kubakundimana, Program Assistant at EJI

11:30 AM Closing remarks from Roger Brooks and Marc Skvirsky, conclusion of the week 11:45 AM Guests pick-up boxed LUNCH and board buses 12:15 PM CT - Transfer buses to the Atlanta Airport 4:00 PM ET 6:00 PM ET (or after) Guests catch flights home

Facing History Logistical Team Contact Info Arianna Pattek = 561.789.9233 Becky Sniderman = 401.527.7929 Chris Stokes = 617.721.7236 Farrell Boucher = 203.536.1100 Marc Skvirsky = 617.699.9716