After a couple of days learning all about slavery in the Deep South we were now jumping forward a century and following the trail of the Civil Rights Movement.
We started out from Jackson early and got to Selma - one of the pivotal locations involved in changing the voting rights.
After walking half way over the Edmund Pettus Bridge - where Bloody Sunday took place in 1965 - we followed the march route from Selma to Montgomery with a stop at the NPS Interpretive Centre where we saw footage from the day and learnt some more about Martin Luther King.
We got to Montgomery early afternoon and headed straight for the Rosa Parks Library and Museum where we watched a reconstruction of the Bus Boycott and heard about Rosa Park's life.
Next stop was the First White House of the Confederacy, where Jefferson Davis lived during his time as President. It was free and had a lot of furniture in it that Mrs Davis had sent from Beauvoir {where we visited a few days ago in Biloxi}.
We ran across the road to make the 3pm tour of the Capitol Building and after that we drove around the downtown area and saw a few more sights before checking into the hotel. We headed for Applebees for dinner as we felt we needed some vegetables!
{We'll finish out Martin Luther King trail in a couple of days when we get to Atlanta}
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