Birmingham Civil Rights History Tour
Get more from your visit to Birmingham, Alabama, by booking this Birmingham Civil Rights History Tour that walks some of the city’s most historical areas with a guide who grew up in the city and knows its past well. Stop by key attractions such as the Kelly Ingram Park, 16th Street Baptist Church, and Carver Theatre for the Performing Arts, as your guide tells you all about the city’s past.
Highlights
- ✓Learn about the 1963 Civil Rights history of Birmingham, Alabama
- ✓Get more from your visit to Birmingham historical sites with a guide
- ✓A walking tour allows you to stay active while you sightsee
- ✓This tour is a great pick for anyone interested in Black history
What you'll see & do
- ✓Your tour begins at the corner of 3rd ave and 20th street north and proceeds down 20th street toward 4th Ave North covering the Black contributions to the founding of Birmingham
- ✓This leg of the tour covers the 1926 Red Line Zoning laws, the Palm Leaf Hotel, and the Chitlin' Circut.
- ✓A park and statues dedicated to our local founder of the Temptations
- ✓The remnants of our once dynamic "city within a city" with possible stop in Nelson Brothers and Green Acres.
- ✓This is the center of the Civil Rights National Historic Monument
- ✓One of the best Black theaters - now the Jazz Hall of Fame...also you will see the Prince Hall "Colored" Masonic Lodge
- ✓Kelly Ingram Park is an improved public park that contains emotionally powerful sculptures depicting the civil rights struggle in Birmingham. The park served as an assembly spot for activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and other groups in the movement.
- ✓The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, stands as a poignant symbol of the Civil Rights Movement, marked by its tragic history as the site of a racially motivated bombing in 1963, which resulted in the loss of four young girls. This historic church remains a powerful testament to the struggle for civil rights and a focal point in the ongoing journey toward racial equality in the United States.
- ✓The A.G. Gaston Motel, built by prominent African American businessman and entrepreneur, Arthur George Gaston (1892-1996), provided first-class lodging and dining in Birmingham, Alabama, to African American travelers. Designed by Birmingham-based architect Stanley B. Echols, the motel opened in 1954
- ✓Our only standing theater that allowed mixed (though still segregated) audiences
What's included
- ✓All Fees and Taxes
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Birmingham Civil Rights History Tour
Get more from your visit to Birmingham, Alabama, by booking this Birmingham Civil Rights History Tour that walks some of the city’s most historical areas with a guide who grew up in the city and knows its past well. Stop by key attractions such as the Kelly Ingram Park, 16th Street Baptist Church, and Carver Theatre for the Performing Arts, as your guide tells you all about the city’s past.
Highlights
- ✓Learn about the 1963 Civil Rights history of Birmingham, Alabama
- ✓Get more from your visit to Birmingham historical sites with a guide
- ✓A walking tour allows you to stay active while you sightsee
- ✓This tour is a great pick for anyone interested in Black history
What you'll see & do
- ✓Your tour begins at the corner of 3rd ave and 20th street north and proceeds down 20th street toward 4th Ave North covering the Black contributions to the founding of Birmingham
- ✓This leg of the tour covers the 1926 Red Line Zoning laws, the Palm Leaf Hotel, and the Chitlin' Circut.
- ✓A park and statues dedicated to our local founder of the Temptations
- ✓The remnants of our once dynamic "city within a city" with possible stop in Nelson Brothers and Green Acres.
- ✓This is the center of the Civil Rights National Historic Monument
- ✓One of the best Black theaters - now the Jazz Hall of Fame...also you will see the Prince Hall "Colored" Masonic Lodge
- ✓Kelly Ingram Park is an improved public park that contains emotionally powerful sculptures depicting the civil rights struggle in Birmingham. The park served as an assembly spot for activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and other groups in the movement.
- ✓The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, stands as a poignant symbol of the Civil Rights Movement, marked by its tragic history as the site of a racially motivated bombing in 1963, which resulted in the loss of four young girls. This historic church remains a powerful testament to the struggle for civil rights and a focal point in the ongoing journey toward racial equality in the United States.
- ✓The A.G. Gaston Motel, built by prominent African American businessman and entrepreneur, Arthur George Gaston (1892-1996), provided first-class lodging and dining in Birmingham, Alabama, to African American travelers. Designed by Birmingham-based architect Stanley B. Echols, the motel opened in 1954
- ✓Our only standing theater that allowed mixed (though still segregated) audiences
What's included
- ✓All Fees and Taxes
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.