The Civil Rights Trail Market will be a collaboration between the collection of historic landmarks and Hudson, one of North America’s largest travel retailers. The market will be the first Hudson store to have a U.S. Civil Rights Trail brand.
Sentell spent a year and a half completing “The Official U.S. Civil Rights Trail.” Released in 2021, the 128-page hardcover book is designed to be a companion manual to the trail of landmarks around the nation that served as battlegrounds for the civil rights movement. Published by Alabama Media Group, the book contains images captured by former Southern Living photographer Art Meripol.
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute held an education event for "The Official U.S. Civil Rights Trail" companion book in October 2021. The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, which is one of the landmarks on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail, held a lunch and education event for Birmingham high school students in October 2021.
The Alabama Tourism Department started working on a state civil rights trail in 2004. Sentell said other Southern state tourism departments began to take notice over the years, prompting efforts for similar projects, as well as ideas to connect existing civil rights markers across multiple states. A portion of the proceeds from the book will go to efforts to light the
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