Selma Civil Rights Walk of Freedom Self Guided GPS APP Audio Tour
Description
Learn about the Civil rights events in Selma. Go at your own pace, anytime. Stop and explore, then continue more. This tour is location aware, meaning it plays as you walk. When you get to the story location it automatically plays, step by step, and it's navigated by our smart phone app and walking tour technology. Known as the Queen city of the Black Belt, Selma has seen historic Civil Rights events take place in its streets and it tells the story of America. On our civil rights walk of Freedom you’ll see the old train depots, churches, streets, buildings, parks and bridge where history took place. And at each stop, and as we walk, I’ll share with you the stories of Bloody Sunday, Martin Luther King Jr, Reverend Reeb, the Civil War, The Civil Rights Movement, Protests, gatherings, voting rights, turnaround Tuesday, the Selma to Montgomery March and many more. Our historic walk begins at the Old Depot Museum.
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Itinerary
The tour starts at the Old Depot Museum where you'll learn about the buildings history and link to the Civil Rights Movement. You'll then be guided step by step through Selma and hear it's historic Civil Rights story.
The tour stops outside the St James where you'll hear it's history, the battle, and why it's standing still due to one man. A former slave. Time Duration: 5 minutes
The tour goes to the Edmund Pettus Bridge where you'll hear and relive the March and the brutal attack of Bloody Sunday. You'll learn about turnaround Tuesday and the 3rd march. Time Duration: 15 minutes
We will spend time walking through the streets seeing the historic sites and learning their civil rights story. Time Duration: 30 minutes
The tour ends at this historic church. this is the spot that the Selma to Montgomery march was planned and has deep roots with the Civil Rights movement. Time Duration: 5 minutes
The tour stops outside of thh Selma Municipal Court, this is the spot MLK was jailed. You'll learn why and his story.
The tour stops outside the Dallas County Courthouse, a historic sites for voting rights, and you'll hear about what MLK did here. Time Duration: 5 minutes
You'll see the Rev. James Reeb memorial plaque and hear the story of how he came here in support of Civil Rights and was killed. Time Duration: 5 minutes
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- No admissions included as this is all outside and guided by your phone.
Reviews(20)
The app would not open using various WiFi sites. Went to the Selma library and could not open the website to start the walk. Complete waste of time and money. Want a refund immediately. This is the third time Viator has failed. The other two tours were in Western Europe. Sad state of affairs!
Very worthwhile. Good info in manageable bites. Reflection coffee shop a nice spot to take a break midway through tour.
We went on a Sunday to Selma for the walking tour. Nothing was open, it was like a ghost town. The “sites” to visit on the tour were dilapidated buildings with broken and boarded up windows. We didn’t even bother to finish the tour. One highlight was meeting Columbus Mitchell a tour guide at the Edmond Pettus bridge who was very informative.
It was great to hear the hx on our terms. We arrived on the weekend and there wasn't anything open so for us it was nice to be able to listen and learn before heading to our next stop. Too bad there was trash on the street but maybe that would have been taken care of and it just our bad timing.
First time we had tried an audio walking guide. It didn’t always sync but mostly worked. It was so hot we had to retreat to the car after a bit. I would have liked to know a bit about Selma as it now is-it looks horribly run down but some signs on the empty buildings suggest there may be some development. In the context of the civil Rights struggle it looks like there is some way to go.
We started at the old station museum which was closed when we arrived. There are no toilets and nothing was open so we were a bit desperate until the lady opened up at 10 am. The tour is informative and we took in about five stops but after we hiked onto the famous bridge we realized we were going to have to get back to our vehicle which was a long hike. We completed the walking tour in our air conditioned car! Selma is not particularly tourist friendly. We did meet a fellow on the bridge and he asked us for money, but he was a bit sketchy so we declined. Another fellow had a tent set up selling t-shirts and books, saying his funds would go to help children go to summer camp. We opted to purchase a t-shirt for the cause. The audio tour was a good option and we got a sense of life in Selma in the sixties. It was a sad period in American history.
We drove to the beginning location and felt quite uneasy. The whole area looked very run down and abandoned. Buildings were boarded up, rusting cars, trash. It was very sketchy. I know that was the way it was in Selma in the 60s but we decided to just skip it.
Great tour. It took me an hour and 20 minutes to complete. I got about 6000 steps in. But the tour does not take you back to the starting location so be aware of that.
It didn’t work ,& there was no support from the company. Essentially, aviator stole our money! Even this review doesn’t work.
Very interesting tour… easy to follow. Wish Selma had more economic support. It was depressing to see such important and historic sites surrounded by distressed buildings and neglect
