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Southern Women’s Leadership Development Institute
in partnership with
Mayor Bobby Bright, Montgomery, AL
Martin Luther King, III
Congressman John Lewis
Metro Montgomery NAACP

50th Anniversary Celebration
of the
Birth of the Modern Civil Rights Movement
Saturday, December 3, 2005

Tribute to Civl Rights Activist Juliette Morgan: 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Montgomery Public Library – Downtown 245 High Street in Montgomery, Alabama

Prayer Service 9:00 AM-11:00AM
First Baptist Church, 305 Perry Street.
Hosted by Rev. Jay Wolf
Keynote Address: Rev Otis Moss III
Call to Action: Martin Luther King III
Guests: The Honorable John Lewis (D,GA)
The Reverend Jesse Jackson
Former Mayor & UN Ambassador Andrew Young

Luncheon: 12:00 PM- 2:00 PM (Invitation Only)
Union Station Train Shed, 300 Water street
Keynote: Senator Barak Obama
Tributes: Juanita Abernathy, Martin Luther King III
Guests: Honorable John Lewis
The Reverend Jesse Jackson
Former Mayor & UN Ambassador Andrew Young

THE MARCH OF REMEMBRANCE ROUTE

Starting Point West:

1.) Location of first meeting organizing the Montgomery Improvement
Association (M.I.A.) and election of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as president.
Mt. Zion AME Zion Church, 657 Holt Street (Old)

2.) Site of the first Mass Meeting
Holt Street Baptist Church, 903 Holt Street (Old)

3.) Attorney Fred Gray’s Church
Holt Street Church of Christ, 945 South Holt Street

4.) Tribute
E.D. Nixon’s Home, 647 Clinton Avenue

5.) Tribute
Rev. Robert Graetz Home, 1110 Rosa Parks Avenue

6.) Announce future plans for this site
Rosa Parks’s Home, Cleveland Court Apt. #634

7.) Salute to Erna Dungee – Refreshments
New Mt. Zion AME Zion Church, 515 West Jeff Davis Avenue (New)

8.) Tribute
Old Ship AME Zion Church, 483 Holcombe Street

9.) Candlelight Vigil - Final stop. All marchers combine 5:00 - 5:30p.m. the
time of Rosa Parks’s arrest
Rosa Parks Museum, 252 Montgomery Street

THE MARCH OF REMEMBRANCE ROUTE

Starting Point East:

1.) Tribute
Juanita Abernathy’s Home, 1327 Hall Street

2.) Salute to Mrs. Carr
Mrs. Johnny Carr’s Home, 720 Hall Street

3.) Tribute
Mrs. Bozeman’s Home, 1012 Highland Avenue

4.) Tribute
Ben Moore Hotel, 401 South Jackson Street

5.) Tribute
Rufus Lewis’s Home, 801 Rufus Lewis Avenue

6.) Tribute
Georgia Gilmore’s Home, 453 Dericote Street

7.) Tribute
Mrs. Harris’s Home, 333 South Jackson

8.) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. House
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Parsonage, 309 South Jackson Street

9.) Tribute – Refreshments
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, 454 Dexter Avenue

10.) Candlelight Vigil - Final stop. All marchers combine 5:00 - 5:30p.m. the
time of Rosa Parks’s arrest
Rosa Parks Museum, 252 Montgomery Street

Civil Rights Activist Family Reunion & Birthday Bash 8:00 PM-10:00 PM
Union Station Train Shed, 300 Water Street

Emerging Leaders Reception: 10:00 PM- 1:00 AM ( Hosted by noted emerging leaders, ages 21-45) Nobles Restaurant, 129 Montgomery Street

* Optional Donation of $ 50.00 per person for both the luncheon & family reunion/birthday bash.
**RSVP by November 23, 2005

December 4th 2005

Holtstreet Memorial Baptist Church
Host: Rev. Frankie Jones
1870 S. Ct Street
Montgomery

Hotel

The Embassy Suite Hotel Montgomery
300 Tallapoosa Street
(334) 269-5055
Montgomery

For more information contact:
Southern Women's Leadership Development Institute
300 Water Street, Suite 214
Montgomery, AL 36104
(334) 265-9427