Southern states promote civil rights tourism

As many as 1.2 million people paid for admission last year at locations in 12 Southern states which charge admission

Posted: Monday, January 15, 2018 3:19 pm

Southern states promote civil rights tourism Jay Reeves Times-Journal | 0 comments

BIRMINGHAM, — Southern states that once fought to maintain racial segregation are now banding together to promote civil rights tourism at sites including the building where the Confederacy was born and the motel where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died.

Fourteen states stretching from Kansas to Delaware, including all of the Deep South, are joining to promote the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, which will highlight about 130 sites linked to the modern civil rights movement. The joint effort is being unveiled as part of the MLK holiday weekend.

Posted in on Monday, January 15, 2018 3:19 pm.

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