Historical Feature
John Lewis: Freedom Rider
In a 1961 strategy meeting, members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) gather in Alabama to discuss their next moves.
Nonviolence
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Stories
Program Write-up
Mississippi Burning: From Murder Mayhem to a Mighty Mission
by Ryan M. Jones, Associate Curator Sixty years ago, the state of Mississippi was a hotbed for civil rights. It led the nation in racially motivated violence, and less than 3% of the black population was registered to…
Letter from the President
Letter to the Community: Response to Video in the Murder of Tyre Nichols
“Every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we must all protest.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his speech “Beyond Vietnam,” April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in…
Statement / Announcement
Museum Statement Regarding the Insurrection at Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021
Museum Statement Regarding the Insurrection at Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021 Dr. King once said, “We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.” Words matter. Leadership matters.
Historical Feature
Bayard Rustin: Strategist, Organizer, Unifier
As he approached the podium, Bayard Rustin was determined and elated. He expected about 100,000 marchers to converge at the Washington Monument on August 28, 1963. To his delight, approximately 250,000 people cheered as…
Historical Feature
Twenty Seventeen
By Terri Lee Freeman, Museum President 2017 has arrived. How I wish I could list the incredible accomplishments that took place in 2016 to provide equitable access to opportunity, move justice forward, and ensure…
Historical Feature
We?ve Got Work To Do
By Terri Lee Freeman Museum President On Saturday, August 15, 2015 the fight for freedom lost a soldier: Julian Bond. The life of Julian Bond is a message to young and old alike. As a college student, Julian Bond took…