SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 2019 | Post-Conf. Tours
$125/per person (fee includes lunch and snack breaks)
Mississippi Delta Blues Tour | Click Here to Sign-Up
7:45 AM – 7:00 PM
This FULL-DAY excursion features some of Mississippi’s most iconic rhythm and blues sites and places of African American memory. All of which have given the state it’s soulful sound and flavor. The event is graciously sponsored by the Margaret Walker Center located on the Jackson State University campus in Jackson, Mississippi.
7:45 AM Bus Departs from the Westin + Hilton Hotels
Tour of the Delta Blues Museum
Lunch at The Senator’s Place
Travel to Cleveland, MS
Tour of the Grammy Museum
Travel to Indianola, MS
Tour of the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center
Travel to Jackson, MS
7:00 PM Bus Arrival/Drop-Off to the Westin + Hilton Hotels
Mississippi Civil Rights Tour | Click Here to Sign-Up
8:45 AM – 6:00 PM
This FULL-DAY excursion features some of Mississippi’s most iconic sites and places of African American memory from the contemporary Civil Rights era. The event is graciously sponsored by the Margaret Walker Center located on the Jackson State University campus in Jackson, Mississippi.
8:45 AM Bus Departs from the Westin + Hilton Hotels
Tour of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home
Travel to Money, MS
Tour of the Bryant’s Grocery/Emmett Till Mississippi Freedom Trail Marker
Travel to Sumner, MS
Lunch at the Sumner Grille
Tour of the Sumner Courthouse and Emmett Till Interpretive Center
Travel to Ruleville (Parchman Penitentiary)
Tour of the Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial
Travel to Jackson, MS
6:00 PM Bus Arrival/Drop-Off to the Westin + Hilton Hotels