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Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail: A Traveler's Guide to the People, Places, and Events that Made the Movement (Travel Guide) Paperback – Folded Map, January 12, 2021

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The U.S. Civil Rights Trail offers a vivid glimpse into the story of Black America's fight for freedom and equality. From eye-opening landmarks to celebrations of triumph over adversity, experience a tangible piece of history with Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
  • Flexible Itineraries: Travel the entire trail through the South, or take a weekend getaway to Charleston, Birmingham, Jackson, Memphis, Washington DC, and more places significant to the Civil Rights Movement
  • Historic Civil Rights Sites: Learn about Dr. King's legacy at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, be transformed at the small but mighty Emmett Till Intrepid Center, and stand tall with Little Rock Nine at their memorial in Arkansas
  • The Culture of the Movement: Get to know the voices, stories, music, and flavors that shape and celebrate Black America both then and now. Take a seat at a lunch counter where sit-ins took place or dig in to heaping plates of soul food and barbecue. Spend the day at museums that connect our present to the past or spend the night in the birthplace of the blues
  • Expert Insight: Award-winning journalist Deborah Douglas offers her valuable perspective and knowledge, including suggestions for engaging with local communities by supporting Black-owned businesses and seeking out activist groups
  • Travel Tools: Find driving directions for exploring the sites on a road trip, tips on where to stay, and full-color photos and maps throughout
  • Detailed coverage of: Charleston, Atlanta, Selma to Montgomery, Birmingham, Jackson, the Mississippi Delta, Little Rock, Memphis, Nashville, Raleigh, Durham, Virginia, and Washington DC
  • Foreword by Bree Newsome Bass: activist, filmmaker, and artist 
Journey through history, understand struggles past and present, and get inspired to create a better future with Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
 

About Moon Travel Guides: Moon was founded in 1973 to empower independent, active, and conscious travel. We prioritize local businesses, outdoor recreation, and traveling strategically and sustainably. Moon Travel Guides are written by local, expert authors with great stories to tell—and they can't wait to share their favorite places with you.

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Follow flexible Itineraries to travel the entire trail through the South, or hit places like Charleston, Memphis, and D.C. on weekend getaways. You’ll find recommendations for food, sights, shopping, and nightlife in every city.

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"With this superb book—at once a reference work and a travel guide—about locations pivotal to the U.S. civil rights movement, Douglas raises the bar for other historically oriented travel books...Laden with information, this affecting guide provides a nuanced and powerful representation of Black Americans’ fight for freedom and equality. For every library."―Library Journal

“This guidebook provides a severely under-covered travel adventure, explained clearly, with impressive research breadth and depth. Journalist Deborah D. Douglas mixes history with contemporary knowledge to inspire civil rights-related travel as a concept and then illuminates how that concept plays out in 13 separate geographic locales.”―
Society of American Travel Writers’ Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Awards

"Douglas uses her journalism skills to bring the history of these sites to life by profiling the people who make them what they are today, local restaurants to enjoy and even a playlist of music to enjoy along the way."

NPR

"Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail, written by award-winning journalist and professor Deborah D. Douglas, opens up an opportunity for direct interaction with Black communities, landmarks, cultural staples and many overlooked yet significant locations in the history of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s."

NBC News

"The book is an invitation to explore that history [outside our front doors], and to embrace our role in shaping it for the better every day."

The Washington Post

"From the port where enslaved Africans entered America to the home where Medgar Evers was murdered, a new guidebook helps readers explore for themselves the history, the landmarks and the watershed moments of the Black American struggle for equality and justice."

Associated Press

"It reads like a friend’s travel recommendation, not a stuffy guidebook, and captures the importance of each location...There are detailed maps and beautiful, full color photos which make you want to hop in the car and grab a plate of fried chicken from The Four Way. It’s a travel guide you won’t want to miss out on reading."―
The Covington Leader

"Douglas’ care for ethical travel involves utmost respect for the business owners and residents along the trail."―
NewsNation Now

"With profiles of national leaders and local heroes, helpful timelines, a suggested playlist and personal insights, Deborah’s U.S. Civil Rights Trail guide is the perfect companion for a journey along the Trail. Her book enhances the experience of the movement and it offers a deeper dive into an important time in America’s history."

World Footprints

"Award-winning journalist and author Deborah Douglas takes readers through an eye-opening journey in her book."―
Travel Noire

"While some travel guides focus on history, few do so in the level of detail as Douglas’…Douglas carefully scrutinizes source material from the movement, synthesizing facts and sharing her own impressions."

The DePauw

"The book is filled with...moving moments — trials and struggles alongside triumphs and celebrations."

Memphis Magazine

“The best sort of guide—one equal parts narrative, historical, and service-forward.”―
AFAR Magazine

About the Author

Deborah Douglas is an award-winning journalist, cultural critic, and thought leader specializing in the African American lived experience.



Deborah lives in Chicago, where she was born, but is a self-described product of the Great Migration: She started school in post-uprising Detroit and came of age in metro Memphis. After graduating from Northwestern University, she traveled the country as a reporter, landing in Jackson, Mississippi. She's taught best practices to journalists in Karachi, Pakistan, taught in South Africa twice, studied HIV and malaria prevention in Tanzania, and traveled to Kenya, Tunisia, and Senegal, and throughout Europe. She is currently the Eugene S. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor at DePauw University, creating courses to show student-journalists how to center marginalized voices in their work.



She served as the managing editor of
MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a reporting project examining the economic realities of Memphis, Tennessee, 50+ years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated there. Previously, she was the No. 2 at the Chicago Sun-Times editorial page and a columnist. She served as an adjunct lecturer at Medill where she designed a Civil Rights Act of 1964 graduate capstone, and has contributed to VICE, Time, American Prospect, The Root, The Grio and The (NAACP) Crisis magazine. She is a senior leader at The OpEd Project, an initiative that amplifies underrepresented expert voices. In her career, she's had the honor of speaking with civil rights icons, including Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. James Lawson, Diane Nash, Bernard Lafayette, Bree Newsome, Rev. Bernice King, and Rev. Martin King III. Her work has been cited by the New York Times, and she's won numerous awards for her writing for Oprah magazine and other outlets.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Moon Travel; 1st edition (January 12, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1640499156
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1640499157
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.45 x 1.1 x 8.4 inches
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“Winging it” might be fine for carefree wanderers who let serendipity lead the way. But on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, you’re traveling with purpose. You must have an authoritative guide with eyes on the prize. That’s what you get with author and journalist Deborah D. Douglas, who lets her distinctive voice rise through this clear, detailed march through the places where the struggle for equality began – and continues. The book charts a logical course from the slave markets at Charleston, S.C., through historic Black communities across the South, to sites both famous and forgotten that were critical to the ongoing march for progress. Although it’s organized as a travel guide, with easy-to-follow itineraries for weekend getaways or bucket list excursions, this book could serve as a text book for a course that expands people’s understanding of the drive for civil rights. At the same time, there’s no academic monotone here. The book’s greatest strength is the author’s clear point of view and conversational tone. The words speak directly to readers from “our community” while inviting allies to listen and learn. Even a conscientious student of civil rights history will make new discoveries with this book. It’s packed with side trips and sidebars introducing lesser-known heroes of the movement, emerging leaders and Black entrepreneurs. (You’ll want to meet so many of them – and with this guide, you can.) One particularly strong chapter on Atlanta lets readers follow the footsteps of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. from his birth home to Ebenezer Baptist Church (where he “joined his father in the family business of saving souls”), and to places like the Busy Bee Café (“a go-to spot for folks in the movement”). The itinerary offers new insight at all the sites one would expect, then it ventures far beyond the obvious. Next door to the old headquarters of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Douglas guides us to the Madame C.J. Walker Beauty Shoppe and Museum to study the history of Black hair styles. (She points out: “Today, some African American women still opt for straightened hair – because it makes them feel good. Others embrace other, more natural styles, including braids, twists and locks. What anybody else thinks does not matter one bit.”) This book has “attitude,” as we’re given blunt asides and pointed critiques of those who’ve tried to whitewash the real Black experience. It’s an important part of the book. The author highlights institutions like Atlanta’s Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History that “serve as a powerful counter-narrative to incomplete or twisted stories about the existence and cohesiveness of Black family life and self-determination in the United States.” The material is super-fresh, including helpful, up-to-date descriptions of recent or planned changes to museum collections – or Black-owned businesses that fell victim to the Covid-19 downturn in the economy. Another very strong chapter on Little Rock puts Arkansas (of all places) on the travel bucket list, including new interviews with some of the first students to integrate Little Rock Central High School. Visits to the L.C. and Daisy Bates Museum, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center and the (greasy spoon respite) Lassis Inn seem particularly inviting. The glitzy William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum is detailed, too, including its section on the Little Rock Nine. There’s a nod to the namesake, whom Toni Morrison famously dubbed “our first Black president,” but there’s also a sharp aside on the scrutiny Clinton faced for his critique of Stokely Carmichael and the Black Power movement at the 2020 funeral of U.S. Rep. John Lewis. Through and through, this great gift of a book has attitude. That makes it a must-read, whether it’s stored on a book shelf or in the glove box of a vintage station wagon chugging down the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. -- M.E. Sprengelmeyer
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2024
    I purchased this to add to my travel interests Moon makes great informative products they are extremely detailed. The layout is very intuitive to follow and there is a ton of information that will lead to some fun moments on the road. The book is chalked with information and I can't wait to begin.
  • Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2022
    This book was my constant companion for a month-long campervan tour through most of the area she covered. Yes, some of the information is repeated, but given how you likely use this book: for initial strategic trip planning you may read it more front to back, but for daily tactical planning you tend to dip in and out, so the repeated info ensures you have good situation awareness. Fold out map that lists the highlights for each city was surprisingly useful; once you've visited a half-dozen places you start to forget, lose the 10,000 foot view of what you are doing and where you are going. Call outs for Black-owned businesses were very appreciated. Suggestions for the next edition: Our experience of hotel prices was generally 2x or more of what she quoted. Medgar Evers house in Jackson MS is now managed by the NPS and as of March 2022 not yet open. Strongly agree with suggestions to add the Whitney Plantation museum near NOLA and the McLeod Plantation near Charleston SC. Also, would be great to add campgrounds to the list of lodging--many people are doing this with kids, and/or on limited budgets so camping should be an option. (And didn't Roxanne Gay say: white people will camp ANYWHERE, including the middle of the street lol). Overall this book is a terrific resource and greatly enhanced the value of our trip.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2024
    We keep this book in our car when we travel. It’s an excellent book and I would be lost without it. Thank you so much.
  • Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2023
    Book seems good. Sent it back because it got damaged in shipment. They are sending another one. Hopefully the next one isn't damaged. I know it's a slight bend, but if I'm paying for a new book I don't want it bent.
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    Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2023
    Book seems good. Sent it back because it got damaged in shipment. They are sending another one. Hopefully the next one isn't damaged. I know it's a slight bend, but if I'm paying for a new book I don't want it bent.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2021
    We have been planning a Civil Rights trip for several years. This amazing book will greatly facilitate our logistics and vastly increase our knowledge and understanding. It will help us focus on key events and places. I am sure there were necessary omissions due to space constraints of the book, as well as travel distance constraints of creating a realistic tour.
    In the next edition, I suggest that the McLeod Plantation Historic Site could be added. It is about 4 miles south of Charleston, not far over the Ashley River. It has been recognized as an important Civil RIghts site and is part of Charleston County Parks.
    One other suggestion is the Whitney Plantation which is about one hour from New Orleans, and tells the story exclusively from the perspective of enslaved people.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2021
    I bought this book to guide trip planning for an upcoming trip to the south. This book highlights key things to see and do related to African American and civil rights history in the U.S. I read lots of travel guides, and as a travel guide, this is one of the BEST I've read. I love the itineraries and the fact that it describes the experiences.

    What I didn't expect when buying this book was all the history I would learn. My U.S. history class was more than 40 years ago and I know most of this wasn't covered. There is so much more to American civil rights history than MLK, segregation, and slavery.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2023
    I recently went to New Orleans. Visited the US civil Rights museum and this is a fantastic book to have. Very informative spoke of many details that I was not aware of regarding the civil rights movement. Very well written.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2024
    very interesting