title:
Trip route for Montgomery March
subject:
Berea College -- Students; Selma to Montgomery Rights March (1965: Selma, Ala.)
description:
The planned route and directions for the Berea marchers traveling to Montgomery, Alabama in March of 1965. The first sentence is a warning for all students to be wary of possible race-based attacks in the deep south and to stick to the pre-determined route to get there safely.
description:
Transcript: ROUTE For safety and security of all of us, we must follow this route. BEREA: Leave Berea on US 25. (NOTE: Livingston, Ky. reputed to enforce speed laws vigorously). At Corbin, Ky. take US 25-W into Knoxville. KNOXVILLE: Pick up Interstate 40, go westΓÇö (we'll be on US 25 and Interstate 75 simultaneously before we intersect Interstate 40). Follow Interstate 40 and US 70 to Lenoir City, Tenn. At Lenoir City pick us US 11 and follow it into Chattanooga for rendezvous at Greyhound Bus Station (see "Riders In Cars"). CHATTANOOGA: Leave Chattanooga on US 11, and follow US 11 to Interstate 59 near the Georgia/Alabama state line. Follow Interstate 59 and US 11 into Birmingham rendezvous at Tutwiller Hotel. (see "Riders In Cars"). BIRMINGHAM: Leave on US 31, until it becomes Interstate 65, and follow Interstate 65 into Elnore, Ala. At Elnore, pick up US 31. Follow US 31, then US 31 TRUCK ROUTE until it intersects US 80 - turn left on US 80 (Selma-Montgomery highway). Follow US 80 into Montgomery. MONTGOMERY: Follow US 80 until you reach Fairview Ave., where US 80 takes a right turn, follow US 80 and Fairview Ave. St. Jude's School is on Fairview Ave. (probably a short distance).
description:
Original Size: 8.5 x 11 in.
publisher:
Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College
date:
1965-03
date:
type:
image
format:
jp2
identifier:
BC-1000-Mont-009
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identifier:
source:
Berea College Records: RG 10.29: Committee for the March on Montgomery. Berea College Special Collections and Archives
language:
eng
relation:
Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College
rights:
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