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Day 1 Saturday, June 21 Los Angeles to Grand Canyon • Depart @ 1:00am • Get acquainted & adjusted • Grand Canyon, Az. • 8:00 am tour - depart by noon • On to Albuquerque, NM • Hotel check in/ dinner /swimming • Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 2 Sunday, June 22 Albuquerque, NM to Oklahoma City • depart @ 7:00am • Oklahoma City- tour city- River boat tour National Memorial & Museum tour • Hotel check in/ dinner /swimming • Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 3 Monday, June 23, • Depart @ 5:00am to Dallas, TX • Dallas, TX – Paul Quinn College • SMU/Princes & Associated • Lunch- Boys & Girls Club distribution/ (1) • Hotel check in/ dinner /swimming • Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 4 Tuesday, June 24 Dallas, TX to Jackson, MS • Depart @ 5:00 am • Grambling, LA- campus tour • ( 10:00am- 12:00pm) • Jackson State University – campus tour- city tour -Medgar Evers Historic District tour 3:00pm • Lunch- Boys & Girls Club distribution (2) • Hotel check in/ dinner /swimming/Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 5 Wednesday June 25 Birmingham, AL • Depart @ 6:00 am • Birmingham, Alabama • Miles College • Civil Rights Museum • depart to Montgomery@ 7 :00am • 9am to 1pm City tour- Historic Union Station tour(Civil Rights Memorial, Dexter Church, & Rosa Park Museum) • Hotel check in/ dinner /swimming/Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 6 Thursday, June 26 to Montgomery, AL to Tuskegee, AL • Depart to Montgomery@ 7 :00am • National Historic Site, Tuskegee University and Booker T. Gravesite • Atlanta, GA (start of the 13 colonies) • CNN Center, Georgia Aquarium & World of Coca Cola • Arrive 9:00pm - Hotel check in/ dinner /swimming • Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 7 Friday, June 27 Atlanta, GA (2days) • 10:00am College corner ( Morehouse, Spellman, Clark & Morris Brown) • Lunch- Boys & Girls Club distribution/ Proclamation (3) • City tour- Historic Sites - ML King, Ebenezer • Dinner/ City tour-Underground • Free time Day 8 Saturday, June 28 • Depart @ 5:30am • Charleston, SC 9am to 1pm City tour- Historic Union Station tour(Civil Rights • Lunch- Boys & Girls Club distribution/ Proclamation (4) • Hotel check in/ dinner swimming/Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 9 Sunday June 29 cont. Raleigh, NC • Depart @ 5: 00 am • Shaw University • Lunch- Boys & Girls Club distribution/ Proclamation (5) • City tour • Depart @ 8:00pm • Norfolk, VA • Arrive 11:00pm - Hotel check in/ dinner /swimming • Lights out @ 11:30pm Day 10 Monday June 30, Norfolk, VA • Hampton University-campus tour • City tour • Jamestown • Williamsburg • Lunch-cont. city tour • Depart to Washington DC (9:00pm) Hotel check in/ free time Day 11 Tuesday, July 1 Washington DC (2days) • Civil Rights Row • National Mall (Smithsonian Institute) • Lunch-cont. city tour • U.S Capitol • Dinner- Writing Assignment • Free time Day 12 Wednesday, July 2 Washington cont’d. • Georgetown University • Howard University Day 13 Thursday, July 3 Baltimore MD ( 2days) • Boys & Girls Club (8:00 am) distribution/ (6) • National Great Blacks in Wax Museum • John Hopkins University Day 14 Friday, July 4 Cont. Baltimore MD • Barbecue Day Special Event Day 15 Saturday, July 5 Philadelphia, PA (2days) • Depart to Philadelphia, PA (writing assignment) • City tour-Trolley ride • Independence mall • Washington Square • Eastern State penitentiary • Hotel check in/ dinner/ free time Day 16 Sunday July 6 Philadelphia, PA • United State mint • National constitution Day 17 Monday July 7 Philadelphia, PA to New York • Princeton University NJ • Rutgers University NJ • depart to New York • Night city tour • Broadway play • Hotel check-in/dinner Day 18 Tuesday July 8 New York (2 days) • New York- city tour/Lunch • Bronx, Manhattan • Metropoltitan Museum • Empire State • Circle line cruise • Juilliard School/ New York University • Free time Day 19 Wednesday July 9 New York to Connecticut & Rhode Island • Connecticut College • Lunch- depart to Rhode Island • City tour- College Tour • Depart to Boston • Hotel check In – Boston Day 20 Thursday July 10 Boston, MA • City tour pass/Harvard College • Freedom Trail/Skywalk Day 21 Friday July 11 Boston to Niagara Falls to Cleveland, OH • Niagara Falls Tour (8:00am) • Depart to Cleveland, OH@ 12:00pm Lunch • African American tour • Free time ( amusement park) Day 22 Saturday, July 12 Cleveland to Cincinnati, OH • Boys & Girls Club) distribution (7) • City tour • Dinner- depart to Cincinnati, OH @ 5:00pm • Hotel check in/ free time Day 23 Sunday July 13 Cincinnati, OH to Lexington, KY • National Underground Railroad Freedom Center • Depart to Lexington, KY • City tour on the bus • Shaker village • Horse farm • Lunch Day 24 Monday July 14 Nashville, TN • City tour- Boys & Girls Club) distribution/ (8) • Special event • Hotel check in/dinner/ free time (writing assignment/Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 25 Tuesday July 15 Memphis TN (2days) • City tour- National civil rights Hotel check in/dinner/ free time (writing assignment) • Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 26 Wednesday July 16, Memphis ,TN • City tour- Boys & Girls Club) distribution/ (9) • Hotel check in/dinner/ free time(writing assignment) • Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 27 Thursday July 17 New Orleans, LA (2days) • City tour- Boys & Girls Club(10) • Distribution of Signature backpack • Hotel check in/ dinner swimming/Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 28 Friday July 18 New Orleans, LA • Cont. New Orleans • (Special event) • City tour/College tour • Hotel check in/ dinner /swimming/Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 29 Saturday, July 19 Houston, TX • City tour- free time -Boys & Girls Club (11) • Hotel check in/ dinner /swimming/Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 30 Sunday , July 20 San Antonio, TX • Prayer/ Thought for the Day • San Antonio • Church- City tour- Boys & Girls Club (12) • Free time (amusement park) • Hotel check in/ dinner /swimming/Lights out @ 10:00pm Day 31 Monday July 21 Arrival in Los Angeles Travel day to Los Angeles Cross Country Itinerary for Summer 2008