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Located across the street from the primary campus of the National Civil Rights Museum, the renovated "Legacy Building" will function in part as almost a sequel to the main building by telling the ...
The National Civil Rights Museum wants to make sure the resources from one of its important funders don’t dry up. So, they’re turning to the public for help. A beacon of history, the National ...
Dr. King's legacy lives on! The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis is honoring the legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 20 with free admission on MLK Day. Museum admission is ...
It is the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer. The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis will host a symposium on the 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer on July 27 from 10: ...
The National Civil Rights Museum is a privately owned complex of museums and historic buildings in Memphis, Tennessee, which traces the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States ...
Memphis, TN, March 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel will present a commemoration in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and legacy on ...
In Memphis, there will be a variety of ways — from concerts to parades, trivia nights to museum outings — to mark Juneteenth ...
WASHINGTON ‒ A coalition of civil rights leaders kicked off a weeklong campaign to rally around the national African American museum and push back against what it calls efforts by the Trump ...
By Arthur Lubow The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis is a monument to a movement, and to its leader. It offers crucial insights for 2018, and for the future. By Holland Cotter Some museums ...