MLK 3000 Immersion Experience
![Home of Medgar and Myrlie Evers](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/feature_slider_image_style/public/evers_home.jpg?itok=WWZ5SQeq)
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The home of Medgar and Myrlie Evers, important activists during the Civil Rights Movement (Photo by Alec Zadra)
![National Memorial for Peace and Justice](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/feature_slider_image_style/public/national_memorial_monument.jpg?itok=6ZYs9ZGo)
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Just a few of the 805 steel monuments dedicated to those killed in lynchings (Photo by Alec Zadra)
![Mural in Birmingham, Alabama](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/feature_slider_image_style/public/birmingham_mural.jpg?itok=NXXInAvW)
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The MLK 3000 students visited the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
![Brown Chapel](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/feature_slider_image_style/public/Brown%20Chapel.jpg?itok=kA0yH8pX)
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Brown Chapel was a pivotal point within Selma’s history, as well as one of the destinations for the MLK 3000 students. (Picture by Alec Zadra)
![Exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/feature_slider_image_style/public/museum.jpg?itok=OXXDE6kc)
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MLK 3000 students viewing exhibits at the National Civil Rights Museum
![MLK 3000 students at I AM A MAN Plaza](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/feature_slider_image_style/public/hines_circle.jpg?itok=ZX5BwufQ)
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MLK 3000 students at I AM A MAN Plaza
![View of approach to Memphis from airplane](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/feature_slider_image_style/public/mlkflight.jpg?itok=bj9IR9RT)
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The view as the immersion trip’s flight nears Memphis
3-credit course brought students to Memphis TN, Selma AL, Birmingham AL, Montgomery AL, Jackson MS, and Philadelphia MS
During Spring Break 2024, CLA students enrolled in MLK 3000: MLK Immersion Experience investigated and interrogated truths from the Civil Rights Movement as they listened to stories from past and present-day civil rights leaders.
See the immersion video reflection here!
![MLK 3000 students at airport](/sites/cla.umn.edu/files/styles/teaser_image/public/mlktripairport.jpg?h=19f14c2c&itok=-8u6bil2)
Travel Day: Minneapolis to the Southeastern US
While the initial travel day didn’t involve any historical places or people, there was still learning and bonding to be had.
Article by Alec Zadra