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10 Weekend Trips To Celebrate Black History Month

This article contain places in Georgia , Tennessee, and Alabama that contain rich history!

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February is Black History Month. I am very passionate about education. If you are like me ans enjoy learning while having an adventure, this article is for you! This article contain places in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama that contain rich history!

1. National Center for Civil and Human Rights

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In Atlanta, Georgia!

2. Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park

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This is also in Atlanta and include both MLK's childhood home and the church where he was baptisted.

3. PinPoint Heritage Museum

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This is in Savannah, Georgia. The museum celebrates Gullah Geechee community who kept their West African culture alive.

4. Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial center in Cassville, Georgia

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Booker T. Washington worked with Julius Rosenworld at the turn of the century to create school for Black children in the south. This is the first school they built in Northwest Georgia .

5. True Colors Theatre Company. Also in Atlanta!

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They are dedicated to show casing African-American classics!

6. The Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama

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Shows the history of slavery and racism

7. Selma to Montgomery National Historical Trail in Alabama

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This honors the 54 MILE MARCH to protest inequality!

8. Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama

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A display if the Civil Rights Movement and the struggles the activists went through

9. Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum in Memphis, Tennessee

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10. Ernest Wither's Collection also in Memphis

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60 years worth of photos depicting the Civil Rights Movement

This month go on an adventure and learn something new!

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