Alabama A&M University (Normal, AL)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🐾 North Alabama Zoological Society — Huntsville, AL

🎨 U.S. Space & Rocket Center — Huntsville, AL

🌳 Big Spring International Park — Huntsville, AL

🎢 Altitude Trampoline Park — Huntsville, AL

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Po Boy Factory — Huntsville, AL

🍕 Earth and Stone Wood Fired Pizza — Huntsville, AL

🍦 Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream — Huntsville, AL

Alabama State University (Montgomery, AL)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts — Montgomery, AL

🌳 Riverfront Park — Montgomery, AL

🎢 The MOOseum — Montgomery, AL

🧠 Rosa Parks Museum — Montgomery, AL

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Chris’ Hot Dogs — Montgomery, AL

🍕 Bibb Street Pizza Company — Montgomery, AL

🍦 Prevail Union Café (coffee & ice cream treats) — Montgomery, AL

Alcorn State University (Lorman, MS)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Natchez Trace Parkway — Port Gibson, MS

🎨 Grand Village of the Natchez Indians — Natchez, MS

🎢 Natchez Bluff Trail — Natchez, MS

🧠 Windsor Ruins — Port Gibson, MS

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Roux 61 — Natchez, MS

🍕 Fat Mama’s Tamales — Natchez, MS

🍦 The Malt Shop — Natchez, MS

Bethune-Cookman University (Daytona Beach, FL)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌊 Daytona Lagoon Waterpark — Daytona Beach, FL

🎢 Boardwalk Amusement Area — Daytona Beach, FL

🐾 Marine Science Center — Ponce Inlet, FL

🎨 Museum of Arts and Sciences — Daytona Beach, FL

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Caribbean Jack’s — Daytona Beach, FL

🍕 Pizza King — Daytona Beach, FL

🍦 Cow Lick’s Homemade Ice Cream — Daytona Beach, FL

Florida A&M University (Tallahassee, FL)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 Tallahassee Museum — Tallahassee, FL

🌳 Cascades Park — Tallahassee, FL

🎢 Urban Air Adventure Park — Tallahassee, FL

🧠 Challenger Learning Center & IMAX — Tallahassee, FL

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Madison Social — Tallahassee, FL

🍕 Gaines Street Pies — Tallahassee, FL

🍦 Lofty Pursuits — Tallahassee, FL

Grambling State University (Grambling, LA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 Eddie G. Robinson Museum — Grambling, LA

🌳 Lincoln Parish Park — Ruston, LA

🎢 Railroad Park — Ruston, LA

🧠 IDEA Place Children’s Museum — Ruston, LA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Dawghouse Sports Grill — Ruston, LA

🍕 Johnny’s Pizza House — Ruston, LA

🍦 Log Cabin Grill & Market — Ruston, LA

Jackson State University (Jackson, MS)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 Mississippi Children’s Museum — Jackson, MS

🐾 Jackson Zoo — Jackson, MS

🌳 LeFleur’s Bluff State Park — Jackson, MS

🧠 Mississippi Museum of Natural Science — Jackson, MS

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Brent’s Drugs — Jackson, MS

🍕 Sal & Mookie’s New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint — Jackson, MS

🍦 Broad Street Baking Company — Jackson, MS

Mississippi Valley State University (Itta Bena, MS)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 BB King Museum & Delta Interpretive Center — Indianola, MS

🌳 Florewood River Plantation State Park — Greenwood, MS

🎢 Viking Range Visitor Center Tour — Greenwood, MS

🧠 Greenwood Blues Heritage Museum — Greenwood, MS

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Giardina’s Restaurant — Greenwood, MS

🍕 Serio’s Italian Restaurant — Greenwood, MS

🍦 Delta Dairy — Greenwood, MS

Prairie View A&M University (Prairie View, TX)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🌳 Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park — Waller, TX

🎢 Zube Park Train Rides — Hockley, TX

🎨 Houston Premium Outlets (family activities area) — Cypress, TX

🧠 Dewberry Farm — Brookshire, TX

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Ranchito Taqueria — Hempstead, TX

🍕 Cielito Lindo — Waller, TX

🍦 Freezy Frenzy — Cypress, TX

Southern University (Baton Rouge, LA)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🐾 Baton Rouge Zoo — Baton Rouge, LA

🎨 Louisiana Art & Science Museum — Baton Rouge, LA

🌳 City-Brooks Community Park — Baton Rouge, LA

🎢 Knock Knock Children’s Museum — Baton Rouge, LA

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 Louie’s Café — Baton Rouge, LA

🍕 Fleur de Lis Pizza — Baton Rouge, LA

🍦 The Yard Milkshake Bar — Baton Rouge, LA

Texas Southern University (Houston, TX)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎨 Children’s Museum Houston — Houston, TX

🐾 Houston Zoo — Houston, TX

🌳 Discovery Green Park — Houston, TX

🎢 Downtown Aquarium — Houston, TX

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 The Breakfast Klub — Houston, TX

🍕 Pink’s Pizza — Houston, TX

🍦 Amy’s Ice Creams — Houston, TX

University of Arkansas–Pine Bluff (Pine Bluff, AR)

Kid-Friendly Activities:

🎢 Delta Rivers Nature Center — Pine Bluff, AR

🌳 Saracen Landing Park — Pine Bluff, AR

🎨 Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas — Pine Bluff, AR

🧠 Little Rock Zoo (day trip option) — Little Rock, AR

Family-Friendly Eats:

🍔 RJ’s Sports Grill & Bar — Pine Bluff, AR

🍕 Colonial Steakhouse — Pine Bluff, AR

🍦 Sno Biz — Pine Bluff, AR