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Lorraine Experience

Galleries in the Lorraine Motel, slavery to 1968.

Lorraine Experience

01 A Culture of Resistance 02 I, Too, Am America 03 Separate Is Not Equal 04 The Year They Walked 05 Standing Up by Sitting Down 06 Strategies for Change 07 We Are Prepared to Die 08 We Who Believe in Freedom 09 Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ’Round

10 The Children Shall Lead Them 11 For Jobs and Freedom 12 Is This America? 13 How Long? Not Long 14 A Triumph for Democracy 15 Say It Loud 16 Join the Movement & World in Transition 17 I Am A Man 18 I’ve Seen the Promised Land

Legacy Experience

Galleries in the Legacy Building, 1968 and after.

Legacy Experience

01 The Poor People’s Campaign, Then and Now 02 Assassination & Aftermath 03 Hope Is a Discipline 04 Movements: 1968 to Now

05 Pillars of Justice 06 Making Change 07 Say Their Names 08 Freedom Award Gallery

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Voices of the Civil Rights Movement “Voices of the Civil Rights Movement” combines two video archives into one interactive exhibit available within a walk-up kiosk at the National…

The Record Remains November 5 – December 31. State of Tennessee Gallery.

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Dr. King's Legacy Justice Poverty Decent Housing Better Jobs & Higher Wages Quality Education Peace 50 Voices for 50 Years 50 Weeks of Action Archive

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