Matthew 25 Civil Rights Trip 2023: Atlanta

The RSVP (tinyurl.com/FPCM25Trip) deadline has been extended to noon on Thursday, August 17. We still have some spots left in the van, and we have another driver who can take up to three passengers. If more are interested in the trip, we will arrange for more ride sharing opportunities. For more information and questions, please contact Dan Nadenicek at dnadeni@uga.edu or call (706) 540-6013.

The Matthew 25 Commission plans to annually lead tours to various Civil Rights Trail sites. For the first trip, scheduled for Saturday, August 19, 2023, we will stay close to home with a visit to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.

The MLK National Park Walking Tour will take about two hours and includes the visitor center exhibit, historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Ebenezer Baptist Church: New Horizon Sanctuary, the National Civil Rights Walk of Fame, the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Dr. King’s Tomb, and King’s early home. At the National Center for Civil and Human Rights we will see an evocatively designed building that expresses the civil and human rights theme through its architecture. Inside the doors, you will visit a series of exhibits and galleries, which trace the journey from Martin Luther King, Jr., the broader civil rights era from the segregation of Jim Crow to King’s Assassination, to an international human rights movement.

Itinerary:

8:00 a.m.: Leave from church parking lot

9:45 a.m.: MLK Park tour

12:00 p.m.: Lunch (location TBD)

1:15 p.m.: National Center for Civil and Human Rights visit

4:30 p.m.: Picnic and discussion at Leigh Bonner and Adam Graham’s home

8:00 p.m.: Arrive back in Athens (those needing to arrive home earlier will be accommodated)