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National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis plans 'transformative' expansion and renovation
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTaking a cue from the title of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final book, "Where Do We Go from Here?,"...
Spike Lee among National Civil Rights Museum's Freedom Award honorees
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSpike Lee, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who for 40 years has examined racial identity and social...
Memphis and Tennessee tourism leaders discuss civil rights tourism during panel at Stax Museum
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStax Museum of American Soul Music hosted an event discussing the success of civil rights tourism in...
For MLK Day, a tour of the Lorraine Motel evokes anger — but also pride for every gain won in civil...
Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoMEMPHIS, Tenn. — “It’s OK if you cry.” That was the text message relayed by Andscape’s Marc Spears...
2023 Freedom Award ceremony: Stacey Abrams, Kerry Kennedy and Clayborne Carson honored
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLauded by National Civil Rights Museum president Russ Wigginton as a "systems-changing voting rights...
MLK Day 2024: 5 ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 5 months agoObserved the third Monday of January each year since 1986, the Martin Luther King Jr. Day federal...
Freedom Awards 2022: Civil Rights Museum names honorees
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCivil Rights historian Taylor Branch, FedEx founder Fred Smith and Isabel Wilkerson, author of the...
Freedom Award gala delivers 'call to arms' while paying tribute to honorees
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor most people, the word "museum" suggests a structure dedicated to artifacts from history. An...
Civil rights museums might be the one place that could use a little segregation
theGrio via AOL· 10 months agoOPINION: Because of the gauntlet of racism in most civil rights museums, perhaps they’re the only...
'Tyre was a man': MLK Day backdrops justice calls for man's death after MPD traffic stop
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLive music carried over the plaza in front of the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel...