The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is dedicated to the achievements of both the civil rights movement in the United States and the broader worldwide human rights movement.
The Center’s exhibitions tell the history of the civil rights movement in the United States, and how the campaign is related to contemporary human rights struggles across the world.
The “Voice to the Voiceless” exhibit tells Dr. King’s story from his youth through to his assassination and its aftermath. Dr. King’s personal papers in the displays include:
- Letters from Birmingham Jail
- King’s Sermons
The Center contains interactive galleries with examples of segregation in the United States as embodied in Jim Crow laws and signs designating facilities as “whites only.”
The Global Human Rights Movement exhibits include modern-day issues such as efforts to improve conditions of women, LGBT individuals, and religious rights around the world.
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
Highlights of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights
- The Luther King, Jr. Collection – personal effects of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
- Exhibits explaining the significant events in the Civil Rights Movement
- A recreation of a lunch counter sit-in complete with headphones that simulate the taunts and threats leveled at activists
- A rogues gallery of dictators, like Adolf Hitler and Augusto Pinochet
- The Global Human Rights Movement exhibits
Exhibit on Freedom Riders – Center for Civil and Human Rights
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
- Museum: National Center for Civil and Human Rights
- City: Atlanta
- State: Georgia
- Country: United States
- Established: 2014
- Category: Specialist Museum
- Location: 100 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30313, United States
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
National Center for Civil and Human Rights – Map
National Center for Civil and Human Rights – 360 Views
National Center for Civil and Human Rights – 360 Views
National Center for Civil and Human Rights – 360 Views
National Center for Civil and Human Rights – 360 Views
National Center for Civil and Human Rights
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“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
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