Memphis Civil Rights Pilgrimage

Pilgrimages with HPUMC provide opportunities to learn from the stories of others and ask questions to better understand how to unite communities. We hope you will join us on a transformative trip through Memphis, Tennessee, from Friday, February 7, through Saturday, February 8, 2025.

We will explore civil rights history Memphis, visiting sites such as the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum, the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel (the site of Dr. King’s tragic 1968 assassination), the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, and more.

Throughout this transformative trip, we will share great conversation together over even greater food! We will also get to see the famous Peabody duck march and meet duckmaster, Kenan Walker!

There will also be a mandatory trip meeting on Thursday, January 28, at 7 pm in the Walt Marcum Volunteer Lounge at HPUMC to meet the rest of the group and receive final trip details. The meeting will be held in person and online.

• Cost: These prices include the $100 deposit you will pay to complete registration.
• Price for a single occupancy room: $400
• Price for a double occupancy room: $300

• Flight Information: Please note you need to book your own travel.
• Friday, February 7, 2025 | Dallas (DFW) - Memphis (MEM) | 8:16 am-9:50 am | AA Flight 2150
• Saturday, February 8, 2025 | Memphis (MEM) - Dallas (DFW) | 5:52 pm-7:54 pm | AA Flight 3497

Leading up to the trip, there will be a class offered to study the book “The Small and the Mighty” by Sharon McMahon. While it is not required that every trip registrant take part in the book study, the class will certainly add to the impact of the trip. Click here for more information and to register for this book study.