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June 11, 1963
by Ryan M. Jones Tuesday, June 11, 1963 was a sweaty and humid day. The weather fit the climate of tension around Tuscaloosa, Alabama and throughout the state. For months, the University of Alabama was on edge and…
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It’s the Inevitable
by Terri Lee Freeman, Museum President I, like many of you, have been fixated to the news reports of the unrest in Baltimore. However, for me, it is personal. Having left the Maryland area just six months ago where we…
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The Crafts of Freedom
by Scott Newstok On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was summoned to the Bishop Mason Temple in Memphis to address the striking sanitation workers and their supporters. King wasn’t scheduled to speak at the rally…
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We?re Number 2! (And that?s a Very good thing!)
A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to travel to Washington, DC with museum colleagues from across the country. We descended on Capitol Hill to inform our senators and congressional representatives of the…
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Reclaiming Malcolm X
By Ryan M. Jones, Museum Educator April 21, 2015: 50th Commemoration of Malcolm X On the night of February 25, 1964, Cassius Clay became the heavyweight champion of the world after he defeated Sonny Liston in the…
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Who Mourns for Jimmie Lee Jackson?
By Ryan M. Jones, Museum Educator On a sunny March day in 2005, a retired Alabama state trooper quietly drinks his morning coffee outside on his deck in southern Alabama. He granted an interview to John Fleming of…
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If we forget history it will repeat itself?
Mid-South Peace and Justice hosted a series of workshops called “G.O.T. Power” at the National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) this fall. In this post, Mid-South Peace and Justice Center Training Director Gio Lopez reflects…
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Selma, on the long continuum of the freedom struggle
by Hasan Kwame Jeffries [Note: This piece was inspired by the author's remarks at a recent event honoring Dr. King’s birthday, hosted by the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
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A Better Mid-South
Editorial by WMC Action News 5 General Manager Tracey Rogers January 19, 2015 A Better Mid-South_ National Civil Rights Museum - WMC Action News 5 - Memphis, Tennessee This week we remember the life and legacy of Dr.
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NYT Travel Video: 36 Hours In Memphis
The National Civil Rights Museum was recently featured in New York Times' online travel video, "36 Hours in Memphis" featuring interesting things to do in Memphis. The section describing the museum experience reads…
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Happy Anniversary to 50 Years of Voting Rights Protection!
By Terri Lee Freeman, Museum President One (wo)man, one vote. This single concept is what our democracy is based on. The Founding Fathers of this country made this so through the ratification of the 15th Amendment in…
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Attorney General Eric Holder Visits Museum
Attorney General Eric Holder Visits Museum