Thursday 13 June 2019

Unique Places to Visit in Alabama

On an Alabama road trip, you can examine civil rights museums, be inspired by civil rights history, and wander through wonderful bookstores for kids and adults. And of course, there are several great Southern food to enjoy along the way. You have to check out the unique places to visit in Alabama, including places to go in Selma, Montgomery, and Birmingham, Alabama.


1. Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham

Have you heard of the teenagers who marched in Birmingham in 1963 to end segregation? Although police tried to stop the marches by turning fire hoses and police dogs on the kids, the marchers continued. And police arrested hundreds of kids.

Today, a Birmingham park where the kids marched is an open air civil rights museum that tells their full story. At the park, you can also see the powerful sculptures of the marchers, fire hoses, and police dogs. Plus you have to learned about the history from a free audio tour of the Park, available via signs in the Park.

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

This civil rights museum explains the all American life under genetic segregation and activists’ struggle to overthrow it.

Variety of exhibits

Firstly, I appreciated the huge variety of exhibits. For example, to tell stories of people protesting segregation, this civil rights museum uses photographs, video interviews, pop music, life-sized reproductions of a segregated school, audio recordings, and real TV news reporting. But I was especially moved by listening to Martin Luther King read his Letter from a Birmingham Jail while standing in the Institute’s life-sized reproduction of a jail cell. In that letter, Dr. King criticized white clergy for telling protesters to “be patient.”

Pettus Bridge in Selma

The movie told the story of civil rights marchers beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge for trying to register to vote. We felt that inspiring history come to life as we walked over the Bridge. Currently, at the foot of the Bridge, there are reminders of the voting rights march. For example, historical markers explain the significance of the Bridge. And plaques honor leaders of the Selma march. Plus, a powerful memorial honors lynching victims.

If you want to know the more information about the Alabama Attractions and which places to visit, you have to visit the website. On the website there described the all information the Alabama.

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