The U.S. Civil Rights Trail marks over 120 landmarks across 14 states for travelers to visit. By Allison Joyner A new work detailing some of the better-known and not-so-apparent important locations of the Civil Rights Movement is now available for purchase. The U.S. Official Civil Rights Trail Companion Book compliments a website that follows a […]
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GSU leading effort to get U.S. Civil Rights sites on the World Heritage list
An exhaustive effort is underway to catapult the international recognition of the modern Civil Rights movement in the South.
Thanks to a grant from the Alabama Department of Tourism, Georgia State University is shepherding the effort to get about a dozen Civil Rights landmarks to be nominated as World Heritage sites.
