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Protecting the Legacy: African American Women in Tennessee before 1930 A Digital Collection Friday, November 17, 1-4:30pm Saturday, November 18, 10am-2pm Hooks Hyde Hall • Free Nov. 17-18 at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Protecting the Uplift Legacy will digitize original photographs, documents and memorabilia at events held across Tennessee…

The Poverty Forum: Memphis Since MLK Since Dr. King’s assassination on April 4, 1968 on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, many things have changed for minorities in America; some for the better, and some for the worse. The Poverty Report: Memphis Since MLK, presented by National Civil Rights Museum, in partnership with the…

An Unseen Light Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee During the second half of the nineteenth century, Memphis, Tennessee, had the largest metropolitan population of African Americans in the Mid-South region and served as a political hub for civic organizations and grassroots movements. On April 4, 1968, the city found itself at…

At 10:33 a.m. on April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., landed in Memphis on a flight from Atlanta. A march that he had led in Memphis six days earlier to support striking garbage workers had turned into a…

Preserving Your Treasures Thursday, August 23, 2018 • 6:30-8:30pm Hooks Hyde Hall • Refreshments served Members: Free • Non-Members $10 Registration Required • includes reception & gift bag of conservation items Concerned about preserving your mother’s china set? Interested in exploring your family history? Come to a fun and interactive event where…

BYO Lawn Chairs/Blankets Back by popular demand, the National Civil Rights Museum is hosting its free MLK Soul Concert Series each Friday evening in September! With the theme, “Be Loud, Vote,” the emphasis on voter…

Small but Mighty Storytime: Underground Railroad Wednesday, September 5 • 10:30-11:30am Legacy Building Lobby • Free & Open to the Public Join us for a story and an activity for young activists (ages 2-5 years old). Offered in conjunction with the Memphis Reads Festival, this special edition of Small but Mighty Storytime will…

Documentary Screening featuring Q&A with Filmmaker Nancy Buirski Wednesday, September 19 • 6-8pm Recy Taylor, a 24-year-old black mother and sharecropper, was gang raped by six white boys in 1944 Alabama. Common in Jim Crow South, few women spoke up in fear for their lives. Not Recy Taylor, who…

The Sentence A Movie Screening with remarks from Director Rudy Valdez, brother of Cindy Shank 3pm Reception • 4pm Screening Free & Open to the Public The Sentence draws from hundreds of hours of footage to tell the story of Cindy Shank, a woman who received…

Rock for Human Rights Saturday, October 13 • 10:30am-11:30am Hooks Hyde Hall • Free & Open to the Public Rock for Human Rights launched to bring human rights awareness to tomorrow’s leaders using the power of music, visual media, and social networking. Many people do not have an understanding of their basic human…

Stages of Revolution: The People Power of Cuba’s New Constitution Saturday, October 20, 2018 • 4pm Reception • 4:30 Presentation with Alicia Sevila Hidalgo, Martin Luther King Center in Havana Cuba Alicia Sevila Hidalgo is from the Martin Luther King Center in Havana, Cuba. Alicia lives and works in Matanzas, Cuba as a…

Two films: The Washing Society and I Am Somebody November 7 • 7pm The Washing Society 30 minutes A documentary on the disappearing neighborhood laundromats and the labor that is associated with them, The Washing Society brings us into New York City…