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Memphis, TN, Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum brings survivor-turned-civil rights activist, Sarah Collins Rudolph, to speak on her book, The 5th Little Girl: Soul...

Memphis, TN, Aug. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom Award Student Forum is a celebration for and by young trailblazers. This year’s hybrid program kicks off the...

Memphis, TN, Aug. 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum will host the third of four hybrid, national convenings entitled “The Restoration: Community Healing for Solutions to...

Memphis, TN, Aug. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum brings journalist and litigator Leta McCullough Seletzky, to speak on her new book, The Kneeling Man: My Father’s Life...

Memphis, TN, July 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum is proud to announce the distinguished honorees for the 32nd Freedom Award, recognizing their exceptional...

Memphis, TN, June 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it...

Memphis, TN, June 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum is celebrating the Juneteenth holiday on June 19 as a Community Day with free museum admission and museum Member...

Memphis, TN, June 02, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum will host the second of four hybrid, national convenings entitled “The Resolve: Eliminating Systemic Racism and Toxic...

Memphis, TN, May 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel will host a ground-breaking ceremony on May 16 at 10 am for its Legacy Building and Founders Park...

Memphis, TN, May 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National Civil Rights Museum Director of Interpretation, Collections, and Education, Dr. Noelle Trent, announced she is leaving the museum to assume the...