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29 Alabama Sites Part Of New U.S. Civil Rights Trail

| February 23, 2018 @ 5:00 am

By Justin Averette

A new tourism trail links Alabama and 13 other states from Kansas to Delaware that share a role in the nation’s march to civil rights.

Tourism officials worked together to form and promote the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, which they hope will lead to an increase in visitors wanting to retrace some of the most defining moments in American history.

“The goal is to have tourists cross state lines and visit different civil rights sites,” said Alabama Tourism Director Lee Sentell. “There are 14 states that have come together to promote civil rights as a group and about a fourth of all of these sites in the Civil Rights Trail are here in Alabama. Alabama is known as the centerpiece of civil rights in America because so much happened here in Selma and Montgomery and Birmingham and even in some smaller towns.” An estimated 13 million visitors will tour civil rights museums and sites in 2018, spending $1.62 billion on tickets, transportation, meals, lodging, and souvenirs, according to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.

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