Washington, D.C. and Charlottesville Five Day Social Justice Itinerary
DAY ONE
- Welcome and intro to "A More Perfect Union" Journey
- White House picture stop
- Lafayette Park
- Freedman's Bank and Decatur House slave market
- Visit Black Lives Matter Plaza
- Tour the National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Reflection/discussion time
- Dinner
- Evening tour of the monuments
- Check in to Washington, D.C. area hotel
DAY TWO
- Hotel breakfast
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
- Kennedy Gravesites
- Tour graves of civil rights heroes
- Section 27
- Walking tour of Capitol Hill
- Visit the U.S. Capitol, Library of Congress, and Supreme Court
- Discussion of the role of the Supreme Court in the Civil Rights Movement
- American History Museum
- Dinner
- Depart for Charlottesville, VA
- Hotel in Charlottesville, VA
DAY THREE
- Hotel breakfast
- Depart for Farmville, VA
- Visit Robert Russa Moton Museum, birthplace of the student let Civil Rights Movement
- Discussion of "separate but equal" conditions
- Depart for Appamattox, VA
- Appamattox Court House National Historic Site
- Discussion on the surrender of Robert E. Lee and the South at Appamattox
- Depart for Charlottesville
- Dinner on the UVA Corner
- Reflection and discussion time on The Lawn at UVA
- Return to hotel
DAY FOUR
- Hotel breakfast
- Visit Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
- Slavery at Monticello Tour
- Lunch on the Downtown Mall
- Visit the Legal Aid Justice Center, provider of legal services and advocacy to low income individuals
- Meet local social justice activists for a walking tour
- Visit the University of Virginia Memorial to Enslaved Laborers
- Meet with members of the Descendants of Enslaved Communities list
- Dinner
- Depart for Washington, D.C.
- Discussion and reflection time on bus ride
- Check into Washington, D.C. hotel
DAY FIVE
- Hotel breakfast
- Visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
- Reading and reflection time on MLK, Jr. quotes
- Visit Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
- Tour Planet World Museum
- Lunch
- Classroom activities at Planet Word
- Depart for home