Spring Break Trip 2025

The Dean of Students Office invites Carleton students to participate in a week-long spring break trip exploring key places and events in civil rights history. 

This trip gives students the opportunity to examine the history and culture of our nation by visiting national museums and monuments relating to this theme.  The objective is to link this history with social struggles that still exist today in order to imagine ways to mindfully participate in the ongoing movement for equality and social change. The trip is led by the Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students, Carolyn H. Livingston.

Details:

The subsidized cost of the trip is $700 and space is limited to 20 participants.  Limited scholarships are available.  All meals, lodging, transportation, and most attractions are included in the cost of the trip.  Students should plan on covering a few optional attractions on their own.

An application is required: Northfield to Selma – Spring Break Trip Application

The group will travel by charter bus to the following cities:

• Cincinnati, Ohio
• Washington, DC
• Greensboro, North Carolina
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Montgomery, Alabama
• Birmingham, Alabama
• Selma, Alabama
• Memphis, Tennessee

Highlights include:

• The National Underground Freedom Center
• Frederick Douglass House
• Smithsonian National Museum of African American History
• International Civil Rights Center & Museum
• Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Park
• Rosa Parks Museum
• Gee’s Bend Quilting Collective
• The Legacy Sites: The Legacy Museum, National Memorial for Peace & Justice, Freedom Monument Sculpture Park
• Southern Poverty Law: Civil Rights Memorial Center
• 16th Street Baptist Church
• National Voting Rights Museum & Edmond Pettus Bridge
• Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
• National Civil Rights Museum & Lorraine Motel
• The Stax Museum of American Soul Music

Contact:

Diana Lunow (dlunow@carleton.edu)   507-222-4075