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Memphis, TN, Feb. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) announces its launch of the Corporate Equity Center. The NCRM’s Corporate Equity Center will provide programs...

Memphis, TN, Jan. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum has pivoted to present King Day: An All-Day Hybrid Celebration on January 17, 2022, with free admission to the museum...

Memphis, TN, Jan. 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum joins the world in grieving the loss of a great icon and its 2001 Freedom Award honoree, Mr. Sidney Poitier. Poitier...

Memphis, TN, Dec. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the national holiday, January 17, the National Civil Rights Museum will remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a special celebration via live...

Memphis, TN, Dec. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum grieves with the loss of world leader and 1992 Freedom Award honoree, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Tutu became the first...

Memphis, TN, Dec. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On December 15, the National Civil Rights Museum will host a special virtual screening of the anticipated ABC limited series, “Women of the Movement”...

Memphis, TN, Sept. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum is opening its virtual doors to classrooms nationwide for its 2021 Freedom Award Student Forum. The event is designed...

Memphis, TN, Sept. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Civil Rights Museum brings New York Times bestselling author Dr. Keisha N. Blain’s, Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message...

Memphis, TN, Sept. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On October 14, the National Civil Rights Museum will host its 30th Freedom Award to pay tribute to their 2021 honorees, former First Lady Michelle...

Memphis, TN, Sept. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On September 25, the museum will host a special 30th Community Free Day as way to recommit and again thank the community. Thanks to FedEx, the Free...