How did we get here? Civil Rights, Social Justice, and Race in American Jewish History
Professor Marc Dollinger
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Tamid Adult Learning Travel: Civil Rights Journey through the American South
Hebrew College Tamid Adult Jewish Learning
Civil Rights Journey through the American South
Join us for Hebrew College Adult Learning next travel-learning experience: A Civil Rights Journey through the American South November 10-12, 2024. The trip will be led by Hebrew College and Etgar 36.
Etgar 36 uses the Civil Rights narrative as a way to provide participants with the tools and inspiration to take the next step beyond social action: social activism. Our Civil Rights journey uses the history, sites, and current issues as a springboard to highlight the relationship, and at times, the tension, of the Jewish and American identity. The journeys are a mix of fun, sightseeing, education, and meetings with organizations and people who have been and are still involved in creating America.
Participants will learn about the struggles of African Americans to gain equality in the 1950s & 60s as well as discover how Jews were involved in the Civil Rights struggle. Participants will walk away understanding why Jews, as people who have known oppression, must care and act when others are oppressed. Our journey includes stops in Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham.
Trip Overview
Learn more about the trip in the slideshow below.
Trip Itinerary
Sunday
8:15 AM
Meet in front of Ebenezer Baptist
Introduction to the journey and tour Historic Auburn Ave. & tomb Church
9 AM
Church Services at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church
10:15 AM
Tour Auburn Ave and King Center Neighborhood and Tomb
Explore the area that Dr. King was born, grew up, and is buried in. See Old Ebenezer Church where 3 generations of King family preached. End our journey by paying our respects at Dr Martin Luther & Coretta Scott King’s tomb.
11 AM
Lunch at Ponce City Market
Noon
Depart for Montgomery
1:45 PM
Equal Justice Initiative’s Memorial to Peace & Justice
Reflect on an often -overlooked tragedy at the first national memorial for victims of lynching
3 PM
Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum
Explore the evolution of racial oppression from slavery to mass incarceration
5 PM
Southern Poverty Law Center Memorial
Evening Dinner
Fairfield Inn, Montgomery, AL
Monday
Continental Breakfast at hotel
7:30 AM
Bus will be open for participants to put bags on the bus
8 AM
Leave for downtown
8:15 AM
Contextualization talk of events leading to Rosa Parks arrest and bus boycott
9 AM (CST)
Rosa Parks Museum
Stand where the Civil Rights movement began and learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott
11 AM
Lunch at Martha’s Place
12:45 PM
Depart for Selma
2 PM
Tour of Selma & Walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Meet with someone who was took part in the Bloody Sunday march at 11 years old. Hear their story. Learn about Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and his involvement in the struggle. End by walking in their footsteps across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
4 PM
Depart for Birmingham
5 PM
Evening Dinner
Dinner on own in downtown Birmingham.
Bus will leave downtown to go to hotel at designated time
Hotel: Fairfield Inn Colonnade, Birmingham, AL
Tuesday
Continental Breakfast at hotel
7:45 AM
Bus will be open for participants to put bags on the bus
8:15 AM
Depart for downtown Birmingham
8:45 AM
Context talk by Etgar 36. Introduction of Birmingham and it’s crucial role in the Civil Rights Movement.
9 AM
Walking tour of Freedom Park & 16th Street Baptist Church
Get a walking tour by a Reverend who was a Civil Rights worker in Birmingham in the 50s & 60s and was arrested and had the dogs & hoses turned on him. See the historic church where 4 girls died in a bombing.
10:30 AM
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Explore museum about the Civil Rights movement
11:45 AM
Depart for Lunch at Pizitz Food Hall
12:30 PM
Depart for Atlanta Airport
7 PM
Earliest flights out of Atlanta
Prepare for your trip with this summer course
Begin your journey with our summer adult learning course “How did we get here? Civil rights, social justice, and race in American Jewish History” in August and then travel with HC Adult Learning in November.
Join pre-eminent historian, Professor Marc Dollinger for a deep dive into the important and timely topic of Jews, race, and racism in America. Begin by looking at the question of Jews and ‘whiteness,” a sometimes-controversial topic. The class will then examine anew Jewish involvement in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and early 1960s. Get ready for historical surprises as you investigate Professor Dollinger’s upcoming new edition of his book, Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s, on the contributions of the Black Power movement to Jewish ethnic and religious identity in the late 1960s and beyond. Finally, through the examination of historical documents, trace how racism in America intersected with Jewish life. This course is for everyone interested in learning more about this misunderstood topic.
More information
Please email Kim Bodemer or Robin Kahn for more information about the trip or course.