Located just outside of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame honors civil rights pioneers from around the world with granite and bronze footprints. The prints are created using shoes that have been contributed by the inductees. Inside the National Historic Site there is a permanent display [...]
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham AL
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a large interpretive museum and research center in Birmingham, Alabama that features state of the art, multimedia presentations of historical events from post-World War I racial segregation to present-day racial progress. The Institute is located in the Civil Rights District, which includes the historic 16th Street Baptist Church, Kelly Ingram [...]
Virginia Civil Rights Memorial | Richmond, VA
On April 23, 1951, 16-year-old Barbara Johns and several fellow students led a strike to protest the conditions at their racially segregated school near Farmville in Prince Edward County. Under the leadership of Rev. L. Francis Griffin, students and parents contacted NAACP attorneys. The lawsuit that followed was brought before the U.S. Supreme Court and [...]
Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center | New York, NY
According to the official website, the “Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center honors the lives and legacies of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz by promoting human and civil rights through knowledge of the history and culture of the African Diaspora; education and self- empowerment; family values; and facilitating racial and [...]
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Richmond, VA
“Let us put our money out as usury among ourselves and reap the benefit ourselves. Let us have a bank that will take the nickels and turn them into dollars.”–Maggie L. Walker, 1901 Although widely acclaimed as being the first African American woman to found and be president of a bank, Maggie L. Walker was [...]
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