The museum offers 260 artifacts, more than 40 new films, oral histories, interactive media and external listening posts that guide visitors through five centuries of history — from the beginning of the resistance during slavery, through the Civil War and Reconstruction, the rise of Jim Crow, and the seminal events of the late 20th century that inspired people around the world to stand up for equality.
Exhibitions
A Culture of Resistance
Slavery in America 1619–1861
Speaking Truth to Power
The Life of Bayard Rustin
Standing Up by Sitting Down
Student Sit-Ins 1960
The Southern Heritage Classic
Celebrating 35 Years of an HBCU Memphis Tradition
The Year They Walked
Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955-1956
Voices of the Civil Rights Movement
We Are Prepared to Die
The Freedom Rides 1961
What do we want?
Black Power
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