Selma Civil Rights: Self-Guided GPS Audio Tour
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Selma
Immerse yourself in the history of the Civil Rights Movement with a self-guided GPS audio tour of Selma. Explore at your own pace and learn about the iconic events and figures that shaped America's fight for equality.
Duration:
1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Old Depot Museum - 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.
- St. James Hotel Selma, Tapestry Collection by Hilton - 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
- Edmund Pettus Bridge - 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
- Selma - We will spend time walking through the streets seeing the historic sites and learning their civil rights story.
Time Duration: 30 minutes
- Brown Chapel AME Church - 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
- Selma Municipal Court - The tour stops outside of thh Selma Municipal Court, this is the spot MLK was jailed. You’ll learn why and his story.
- Dallas County Courthouse - 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
- Rev. James Reeb memorial plaque - 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
What's Included
- Explore Selma at your own pace with our self-guided Walking Tour app.
- Enjoy the flexibility of a smartphone-guided tour that you can start anytime.
What's Not Included
- No food, drinks
- Admissions - this is all outside and guided by your phone
Additional Information
Discover the Civil Rights history in Selma at your own convenience. Pause, explore, then resume at your leisure.
This tour utilizes location awareness, automatically playing stories as you reach the corresponding area, thanks to our smart phone app and walking tour technology.
Selma, also known as the Queen city of the Black Belt, has been a backdrop to many historic Civil Rights events and is a part of America’s narrative.
On our Freedom civil rights walk, you’ll visit historical train stations, churches, streets, buildings, parks and a bridge, all places where history was made.
During each stop and throughout the walk, I’ll bring to light the stories from Bloody Sunday, Martin Luther King Jr, Reverend Reeb, the Civil War, The Civil Rights Movement, rallies, voting rights campaigns, turnaround Tuesday, the Selma to Montgomery March and many more.
We start our historical journey at the Old Depot Museum.
- No admissions included as this is all outside and guided by your phone.
Location
Old Depot Museum
Martin Luther King Street
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.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Kramer6929
Mar 21, 2024
Informative. - Good to learn the history of this place. The tour was good. It’s really too bad there is not more to do in Selma.
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625mustafat
Dec 26, 2023
Just excellent - Just excellent. Production quality is superb and the content is really deep. I learned a lot. This tour added a lot of depth to my visit to Selma. Tip: Don’t be like me and skip the “how to use the app” video. App has really nice features otherwise you’s miss.
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Rowride
Sep 3, 2023
Very good tour of a significant site in civil war and civil rights history - This was day 2 of a weekend spent at significant civil rights sights in Alabama. Not too far from Montgomery, but a heck of a long way if you’re walking through a community that hates you. Selma’s downtown is pretty run down, and that is sad to see. But this walking tour was excellent and led me along the path where many civil rights leaders and martyrs have gone before. The information is excellent, and the fact that it works with your phone’s GPS to know exactly where you are is really nice. The narration even tells you which side of the street to walk down, when there are no sidewalks on one side. This one would be tough for folks who have mobility challenges, as there are some streets without consistent access. But that comes later in the tour, and the first part is definitely accessible and worth the minimal cost. I went on a Sunday, so the locations I might have entered were all closed.
I was a bit iffy on whether I wanted to go to Selma in 100+ degree heat in August, but the Montgomery walking tour I did the previous day was excellent, so I decided to brave the weather to hear what they had to say about Selma. I’m very happy I did.
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Whyme67
Oct 31, 2023
Easy to use and a good overview - This was a very good tour of Selma and is something to keep in mind if you're visiting on a Sunday, Monday or Tuesday when many things are closed. The tape was clear and gave very accurate directions. We did lose our connection while walking over the bridge but it was easy to pick up again.
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Dreamer817133
Mar 18, 2024
A walk in Selma - The walking (driving) narration was fine. Only about 4 blocks long if you include walking over the Edmond Petis Bridge. History of the hotel and train station was interesting.
Having to download the separate App to play the recording and then entering the special Viator code was a pain. Cell phone signals were weak and slow in that area.
My advice, wait for the National Parks Visitor Center remodeling to be finished and get a printed walking tour pamphlet for free, plus so much more.
I will say being in Selma and walking in the footsteps of monumental Civil Rights Activitists was moving.
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