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These must-see civil rights sites in the South enlighten, inspire

Visitors look into Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Room 306 at the National Civil Rights Museum during a tour. (Photo: Yalonda M. James, The Commercial Appeal)
Visitors look into Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Room 306 at the National Civil Rights Museum during a tour. (Photo: Yalonda M. James, The Commercial Appeal) Visitors look into Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Room 306 at the National Civil Rights Museum during a tour. (Photo: Yalonda M. James, The Commercial Appeal)

By The Commercial Appeal 1 min read

photo Ralph Loos tours the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. (Photo: Michelle Williams, BN)

“Civil rights tourism.”

It’s a troublesome term, a vexed concept.

“Tourist,” in the vernacular, has become a put-down. A tourist, by this definition, is tacky and superficial.

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