Category: Historical Feature

## Migration reference **Live site:** https://civilrightsmuseum.org/story/how-rev-martin-luther-king-jr-changed-my-life/ **Export file:** /www/ncrmdev_939/vc-copy-export/ncrm-media-2988-how-rev-martin-luther-king-jr-changed-my-life.md **Old post ID:** 2988 > **Status:** Essay-style voice entry — reference copy below for block editor — I was about 17 in a small, rural town in Connecticut watching CBS Eyewitness News when the camera showed many people praying with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for […]

## Migration reference **Live site:** https://civilrightsmuseum.org/story/mlk50-where-do-we-go-from-here/ **Export file:** /www/ncrmdev_939/vc-copy-export/ncrm-media-2940-mlk50-where-do-we-go-from-here.md **Old post ID:** 2940 > **Status:** Essay-style voice entry — reference copy below for block editor — The United States observes only ten national holidays. Three of those days celebrate individuals: Christopher Columbus Day honors a man who in our civil mythology discovered the Americas, but […]

## Migration reference **Live site:** https://civilrightsmuseum.org/story/jamaras-story/ **Export file:** /www/ncrmdev_939/vc-copy-export/ncrm-media-2941-jamaras-story.md **Old post ID:** 2941 > **Status:** Essay-style voice entry — reference copy below for block editor — My parents were teenagers in 1968. My father was a 14 years old Memphian and recounts to me April 4th as if it happened yesterday. He says the tension […]

## Migration reference **Live site:** https://civilrightsmuseum.org/story/what-is-your-story/ **Export file:** /www/ncrmdev_939/vc-copy-export/ncrm-media-2942-what-is-your-story.md **Old post ID:** 2942 > **Status:** Essay-style voice entry — reference copy below for block editor — As part of the MLK50 commemoration, the National Civil Rights Museum wants to collect your stories on Dr. King, his life, his death, and his legacy. As a historical […]

## Migration reference **Live site:** https://civilrightsmuseum.org/story/kennedy-orders-end-to-housing-discrimination/ **Export file:** /www/ncrmdev_939/vc-copy-export/ncrm-media-2928-kennedy-orders-end-to-housing-discrimination.md **Old post ID:** 2928 > **Status:** Essay-style voice entry — reference copy below for block editor — Summary: On November 20th, 1962, President John F. Kennedy issued Executive Order 11063, banning federally funded housing programs from discriminating against individuals on the basis of race. The order […]

## Migration reference **Live site:** https://civilrightsmuseum.org/story/1963-tragedy-triumphs-and-impact/ **Export file:** /www/ncrmdev_939/vc-copy-export/ncrm-media-2929-1963-tragedy-triumphs-and-impact.md **Old post ID:** 2929 > **Status:** Essay-style voice entry — reference copy below for block editor — Subtitle: Valerie Wilson Summary: Valerie Shultz-Wilson, President and CEO of the Urban League of Southern Connecticut references the significant Civil Rights events of 1963 and the lasting impact of […]

## Migration reference **Live site:** https://civilrightsmuseum.org/story/dr-king-the-movement-and-the-legacy/ **Export file:** /www/ncrmdev_939/vc-copy-export/ncrm-media-2930-dr-king-the-movement-and-the-legacy.md **Old post ID:** 2930 > **Status:** Essay-style voice entry — reference copy below for block editor — Subtitle: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Summary: Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., Founder and President of the Rainbow Push Coalition reflects on the Civil Rights Movement, its legacy and the […]

## Migration reference **Live site:** https://civilrightsmuseum.org/story/the-1963-detroit-walk-to-freedom/ **Export file:** /www/ncrmdev_939/vc-copy-export/ncrm-media-2931-the-1963-detroit-walk-to-freedom.md **Old post ID:** 2931 > **Status:** Essay-style voice entry — reference copy below for block editor — Summary: On June 23, 1963, two months before the March on Washington, another march took place, The Detroit Walk to Freedom, the largest civil rights demonstration in the nations […]

## Migration reference **Live site:** https://civilrightsmuseum.org/story/a-man-for-all-people/ **Export file:** /www/ncrmdev_939/vc-copy-export/ncrm-media-2932-a-man-for-all-people.md **Old post ID:** 2932 > **Status:** Essay-style voice entry — reference copy below for block editor — Summary: From those who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., to those marched with him, participants in the “His Dream, Our Stories: Voices of the Civil Rights Movement” share […]

## Migration reference **Live site:** https://civilrightsmuseum.org/story/black-children-arrested-assaulted-in-birmingham/ **Export file:** /www/ncrmdev_939/vc-copy-export/ncrm-media-2933-black-children-arrested-assaulted-in-birmingham.md **Old post ID:** 2933 > **Status:** Essay-style voice entry — reference copy below for block editor — Subtitle: Moments In Civil Rights History Summary: On May 2, 1963, black children, trained in nonviolent tactics, gathered in Birmingham, Alabama, to protest racial segregation. Over the course of […]

## Migration reference **Live site:** https://civilrightsmuseum.org/story/the-assassination-of-rev-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/ **Export file:** /www/ncrmdev_939/vc-copy-export/ncrm-media-2934-the-assassination-of-rev-dr-martin-luther-king-jr.md **Old post ID:** 2934 > **Status:** Essay-style voice entry — reference copy below for block editor — Subtitle: Moments In Civil Rights History Summary: On April 4th, 1968, an assassin took the life, but not the dream, of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rev. King, the […]

## Migration reference **Live site:** https://civilrightsmuseum.org/story/experienced-racism-in-school/ **Export file:** /www/ncrmdev_939/vc-copy-export/ncrm-media-2935-experienced-racism-in-school.md **Old post ID:** 2935 > **Status:** Thin copy — verify before building — Subtitle: Joanne B. Blanchard Summary: Joanne Blanchard, Ph.D, shared her story at the National Urban League Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio in July of 2014. Your browser does not support iframes.