Capital Campaign Contributors
Legacy Visionaries
$5,000,000+
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Community Trust
FedEx
The State of Tennessee
Guardians of Legacy
$2,500,000 – $4,999,999
The Assisi Foundation
Ambassadors of Change
$1,000,000 – $2,499,999
AutoZone
Baptist Memorial Healthcare
Boeing Company
Hyde Family Foundation
Mike & Linda Curb Foundation
The Turley Foundation
The Rhodes Family Foundation
Cathy Ross
Freedom Architects
$500,000 – $999,999
Acton Family Giving
Bank of America
National Basketball Association
National Basketball Players Association
Nelda & Tyrone Burroughs
Pillars of Progress
$250,000 – $499,999
The City of Memphis
Matthew & Nina Thornton
Leaders of Impact
$100,000 – $249,999
Herb & Shirley Hilliard
Billy & Robin Orgel
International Paper
JW & Kathy Buckman Gibson
Patricia Thomas & Doug Woodmansee
Susan Springfield
Thomas W. Briggs Foundation, Inc.
Partners in Purpose
$25,000 – $99,999
Cindy & Kevin Brewer
Greg & Brenda Duckett
Preston & Ashley Frazer
The Rabbis of Temple Israel- Memphis
Dr. Mohan & Shaila Karkera
Lisa Krupicka
Jason & Molly Wexler
Russ & Tomeka Wigginton
Exhibition Scholars Committee
Dr. Hasan Jeffries, lead scholar – History, The Ohio State University
Dr. Russ Wigginton, Museum President, National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM)
Ryan M. Jones, Director of History, Interpretation and Curatorial Services, NCRM
Erica Harper, Director of Collections and Exhibitions, NCRM
Dory Lerner – Education Manager, NCRM
Dr. Regina Bradley – Associate Professor of English and African Diaspora Studies, Kennesaw State University
Dr. Daphene Chamberlain – Chief Program Officer, Emmett Till Interpretative Center
Dr. Aram Goudsouzian – History Professor, University of Memphis
Dr. Natalie Hopkinson – Associate Professor, American University
Dr. Charles Hughes – Associate Professor of Urban Studies, Rhodes College
Dr. Andre Johnson – Professor of Communication, University of Memphis
Dr. Robert Luckett – Professor of History, Jackson State University
Dr. Treva Lindsey – Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University
Dr. Charles McKinney – Chair of Africana Studies, Associate Professor of History at Rhodes College
Dr. Rayshawn Ray – Sociology Professor, University of Maryland, and Vice President and Executive Director of AIR Equity Initiative
Dr. Noelle Trent – President & CEO of the National Museum of African American History
Design and Construction Teams
Tiffany Ford, Chief Administrative Officer and Renovation Project Lead, NCRM
Flintco, LLC (General Contractor)
Howard & Revis (Exhibit Designer)
Self-Tucker Architects
SWA Group (Landscape Architect)
Allen & Hoshall, Inc. (Civil Engineer)
HNA Engineering (Mechanical, Plumbing, and Fire Protection)
Canup Engineering (Electrical Engineer
AWA Lighting Designers
Northern Light Productions (Media and Exhibits)
BBI Engineering (A/V consultant)
1220 Exhibits (Exhibition Fabrication & Scenic Production)