Exhibitions

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.

A Culture of Resistance

Slavery in America 1619–1861

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Assassination & Aftermath

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Flexible Classrooms and Changing Galleries

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Freedom Award Gallery

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Movements: 1968 to Now

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Pillars

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Speaking Truth to Power

The Life of Bayard Rustin

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Standing Up by Sitting Down

Student Sit-Ins 1960

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The Poor People’s Campaign, Then and Now

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The Southern Heritage Classic

Celebrating 35 Years of an HBCU Memphis Tradition

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The Year They Walked

Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955-1956

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Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

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