Monday, January 22, 2018 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM EST
Sheraton
Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel Drive
SOLD OUT
Pre-registration required; $65 fee per person (includes lunch); space is limited.
Travel the “Blues Highway” with guide Jamie Kornegay as he points out significant historic Civil Rights and Delta blues sites between Memphis, Tennessee, and Greenwood, Mississippi. The tour will stop at Greenwood’s Turnrow Book Co. for time to explore the store followed by a down-home Delta lunch at Fan & Johnny’s, with surprise guest authors appearing at both locations.
Meet at the Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel “fountain” entrance. The tour will end at approximately 4:30 p.m. at the Sheraton, with a stop beforehand at the Cadre for Wi13 scholarship recipients to disembark for the Meet and Greet.