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Montgomery: Mecca of the Civil Rights Movement

Montgomery, known as the birthplace of both the Civil War and the Civil Rights Movement, celebrates its history through a variety of museums, memorials and attractions.

The Mecca of the Civil Rights Movement will always be associated with historic names such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. and vacationers flock to Alabama to visit the state Capitol, Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, the First White House of the Confederacy and the Rosa Parks Library and Museum.

The Black Heritage Trail trail offers a unique opportunity to walk in the footsteps of civil rights pioneers.

But Montgomery is also home to several attractions (like the Montgomery Zoo) that stand on their own as popular destinations for tourists, and downtown Montgomery's Riverfront is being revitalized with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping and entertainment venues.

Some of the museums are the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum, the Hank Williams Museum and Alabama Cattlemen's MOOseum.




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From its northern mountains to every beach on its Gulf Coast, Alabama has many attractions and events for a vacation of fun: the beaches, golf, abundant natural wildlife, fishing and hunting, and above all, there is a wealth of history to explore in Alabama. The Civil Rights Movement that started in Alabama changed the world.

You can travel there simply for the shopping: Alabama has world-class malls, expansive outlet centers and antiques shops. For those on a family vacation, Alabama's Gulf Coast is renowned for its 32 miles of beaches, theme parks and playgrounds.

The hotels are as diverse as the attractions: from cheap hotels to top-ranking hotels.

Birmingham rides the rich wooded foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Its year-round entertainment, and especially its irresistible Southernness, appeals to vacationers. Two major attractions in Birmingham are Alabama Adventure, Alabama’s first amusement park, and McWane Center, where science becomes an adventure. Birmingham is filled with stories from the history of African-American citizens here.

Montgomery is the Mecca of the civil rights movement and visitors flock there to visit the state Capitol, Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, the First White House of the Confederacy and the Rosa Parks Library and Museum. The Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery is the fifth largest Shakespeare festival in the world.

As for its weather, Alabama has warmth and sunshine for the greater part of the year; Spring is usually early, with the weather warming by March.

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Alabama’s Gulf Coast Renowned for its 32 miles of beaches, theme parks and playgrounds, attractions here include Waterville USA , Pirate’s Island, Dauphin Island, and Historic Blakeley State Park at Spanish Fort, site of the last major battle of the Civil War.


Auburn/Opelika A walk along Auburn Avenue, "Sweet Auburn", is to take a walk through a living museum of the legendary achievements of Black Atlanta.

A good spot to start in Auburn is the Museum of East Alabama, where there are hundreds of artifacts portraying life in East Alabama and the Southeast from the mid-1800s to the present. The Opelika Historic Railroad District includes the Lee County Courthouse, a working courthouse built in 1896. AUBURN HOTELS and OPELIKA HOTELS

Greater Birmingham Once the South's foremost industrial center, Greater Birmingham offers a number of important attractions including the Birmingham Civil Rights District, a six-block tribute to the monumental fight for human rights, with individual attractions such as the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, which captures the spirit and drama of this achievement, and the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, where a bomb in 1963 killed four girls and galvanized the civil rights movement. GREATER BIRMINGHAM HOTELS



Other attractions include The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, the Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens, the city's only antebellum mansion and now a decorative arts museum, the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, a haven for railroad buffs, and the McWane Center, a state-of-the-art science center with IMAX Dome Theater.

The history of Mercedes is showcased at the Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Visitors Center at Vance. Factory tours originate from the center.

Still more attractions include the Riverchase Galleria with hundreds of shops and restaurants under the world's largest skylight, Alabama's Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, the Treetop Nature Trail in at Oak Mountain State Park, and eight decades of aviation history at the Southern Museum of Flight. GREATER BIRMINGHAM HOTELS

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Huntsville The birthplace of Alabama in 1819 and today the space capital of America.  The US Space and Rocket Center, the world's largest space attraction. Nearby, the Huntsville Botanical Garden has floral collections and woodland paths.

EarlyWorks is an educational complex which includes the Alabama Constitution Village where guests are whisked back to 1819 when Alabama became the 22nd state, and the Historic Huntsville Depot one of America's oldest remaining railroad depots. Regional history is housed in Burritt on the Mountain, the mountaintop home, and at the 1819 Weeden House Museum one of Alabama's oldest buildings.

Other attractions are the Huntsville Museum of Art and the Sci-Quest Science Center, the stunning vistas and mountaintop trails at Monte Sano State Park, and The Land Trust with over 2.300 acres of wildflower trails and natural springs. HUNTSVILLE HOTELS


Mobile Mobile is distinguished from younger cities throughout the state by her rich Spanish, French, African and Creole heritage. The past is on display at the National African-American Archives Museum and at the 1833 Greek Revival Oakleigh Period House Museum where President Garfield sipped his first mint julep on the front gallery.

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Other attractions are Gulf Coast Exploreum Museum of Science & IMAX Theater, USS Alabama Battleship Park which features the mighty battleship that won nine battle stars in World War II, and Wildland Expeditions in the heart of the swamp and Mobile Bay estuary – home to more than 250 species of birds and 230 species of fish and wildlife, including alligators, black bears, bald eagles, and osprey. MOBILE HOTELS


Montgomery From Civil War to Civil Rights, Montgomery is a rich product of its past. Attractions inlcude the Alabama State Capitol where Jefferson Davis took the oath of office,19th century Old Alabama Town, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, and the Rosa L. Parks Library at TSUM. MONTGOMERY HOTELS

Other attractions include the "MOOseum", highlighting the history of the cattle industry, the Hank Williams Memorial & Museum, located just across the street from singer Hank WIlliams’ final resting place.

Jasmine Hill Gardens And Outdoor Museum, with 20 acres of year-round floral beauty and classical sculpture, is known as “Alabama’s Little Corner of Greece”; and the Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum was once the home of author F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda.

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival is the fifth largest Shakespeare festival in the world.


Tuscaloosa The Tuscaloosa area is rich in African-American history. At the Murphy-Collins Home visitors can explore the lifestyles of affluent black citizens in the early 1900’s. Stillman College was founded in 1876 to train black ministers, and on the steps of Foster Auditorium on the University of Alabama campus Governor George C. Wallace made his historic "stand in the schoolhouse door." TUSCALOOSA HOTELS

Other attractions inlcude The Children’s Hands-On Museum of Tuscaloosa.


Photo courtesy Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel and Dan Brothers

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