The U.S. Civil Rights Trail is expanding in 2026, with the addition of historic sites in Virginia, Louisiana, Tennessee and Jacksonville, Florida, offering travelers new destinations to explore pivotal stories, places, and voices that shaped the nation’s civil rights movement.
As part of this expansion, a Jacksonville Civil Rights Trail will be created. It will consist of place-based markers, education, and storytelling which will highlight where history unfolded and connect visitors to the streets, neighborhoods, and institutions where organizing took root.
The Trail will honor both landmark events and everyday leaders who worked across neighborhoods and generations to sustain the movement, inviting visitors to reflect on the power of community action to create lasting change.
The Trail will consist of 40 markers, with the first five being installed in February during Black History Month.
