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Watch history in the making as mid-term election results roll in. As part of our #BeLoudVOTE voter registration and empowerment initiative, the museum is hosting a Mid-Term Election Night Watch Party in partnership with #UPTheVote901, VIP901 and I Am A Voter Collaborative. Make sure you vote, and join us to watch the results!

Mr. SOUL Documentary Screening Thursday, November 8 • 7pm Before Oprah, Before Arsenio, there was Mr. SOUL! Ellis Haizlip makes television broadcast history with SOUL!, America’s first “black Tonight Show.” Featuring archive footage of James Baldwin, Sidney Poitier, Patti LaBelle, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight,…

Jane Hearn: A Past that Won’t Rest November 15, 2018 • 6-8pm • Ford Motor Company Theatre Jane Hearn (editor) will discuss the book A Past That Won’t Rest: Images of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. This is a photo book containing never before published images by photographer Jim Lucas (1944-1980), focusing…

“The Kerner’s Fiftieth” A Conversation with Dr. Alan Curtis Thursday, January 10, 2019 • 6:00Pm Free & Open to the Public Dr. Alan Curtis is the co-editor of the Eisenhower Foundation’s Fifty Year Update of the 1968 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, known as the Kerner Commission which was a response to the…

Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era – by Ashley D. Farmer February 7, 2019 • 6pm • Ford Theatre In this comprehensive history, Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era, Ashley D. Farmer examines black women’s political, social, and cultural engagement with Black Power ideals and organizations. Complicating…

Memphis Majic Documentary Screening Special guest filmmaker Eddie Bailey Memphis Majic is a documentary that weaves dance and history to portray a relevant reflection of modern culture. The museum’s screening is in celebration of local, contemporary history as well as Black…

Q&A with filmmaker Frederick Lewis “Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask” is a documentary on the life and legacy of the first African American to achieve national fame as a writer. Born to former…

Lighting the fires of freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement – by Janet Dewart Bell March 21, 2019 • 6pm • Ford Theatre During the Civil Rights Movement, African American women did not stand on ceremony; they simply did the work that needed to be done. Yet despite their significant…

A Conversation with Miangel Cody “Safe Houses” Wednesday, February 13, 2019 • 6:00Pm Free & Open to the Public Founder and lead counsel for The Decarceration Collective law office, Attorney MiAngel Cody is nationally recognized for her dedicated defense of men and women sentenced to die in federal prison. Between 2013 and 2017, she…

Without Regard to Sex, Race or Class: An Evening of Art & Music Free & Open to the Public 6:00 Pre-Concert Reception • 6:30 Doors open Meet & Greet and book-signing following the concert Join the National Civil Rights Museum for the world premiere of the symphonic suite in Without Regard to Sex,…

Ford Motor Company Theatre Q&A with filmmaker Daryl Davis and former Klansman Scott Shepherd Chicago native Daryl Davis graduated from Howard University with a degree in Jazz. As a pianist, vocalist and guitarist, he performs nationally and internationally with The…

Artist Reception: Salvage Friday, May 10, 2019 • 6-8pm State of Tennessee Gallery Salvage: Reclaiming Memphis’ Black Aesthetic exclusively premieres original work from Memphis-based African-American artists including Amber George, Le Marquee La Flora, Lester Merriweather, Cheeto Ryan, Mia Saine, Siphne A. Sylve and Eso Tolson. Join these artists as they speak on the…