FUNDRAISING GOAL/TOTAL COST OF TOUR: $35,340

COST PER STUDENT: $500

Help send Iowa students to visit Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Civil Rights landmarks and museums in the South this summer, June 16–24. This journey exposes them to college environments and teaches about the important struggles of the Civil Rights Movement. Cities on the tour will include Memphis, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Atlanta. Stops and tours will include the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum, the National Civil Rights Museum built around the Lorraine Motel where Dr. King was killed, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, the Freedom Ride Museum, the Southern Poverty Law Center, as well as Alabama State University, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Georgia State University, Morehouse College, Spelman College, and others.

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