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As statues fall, protests rise, civil rights museums are key

As statues fall, protests rise, civil rights museums are key
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As statues fall, protests rise, civil rights museums are key

As statues fall, protests rise, civil rights museums are key by Tonyaa Weathersbee, Memphis Commercial Appeal, The Associated Press Posted Dec 12, 2020 12:01 am EDT Last Updated Dec 12, 2020 at 12:12 am EDT Noelle Trent, who serves as the director of interpretation, collections and education at the National Civil Rights Museum, poses for a photo Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Memphis, Tenn., in the museum s combating Jim Crow gallery. (Max Gersh/The Commercial Appeal via AP) JACKSON, Miss. In 1963, Margaret Walker’s neighbour, civil rights activist Medgar Evers, was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith, a white supremacist, in Jackson, Mississippi. Then, 150 miles north of Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee.

NCRM Freedom Awards held virtually this year

NCRM Freedom Awards held virtually this year NCRM Freedom Awards held virtually this year By Joyce Peterson | December 11, 2020 at 10:45 PM CST - Updated December 11 at 10:45 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - No Freedom Awards gala this year because of COVID-19. Instead, the National Civil Rights Museum hosted a virtual tribute on Friday, Dec. 11, looking back at the previous 28 ceremonies and award winners. Since 1991, the National Civil Rights Museum has given out 97 Freedom Awards to famous names and not so famous names. All of them are agents of change determined to make our world a better place. Rosa Parks was one of the first recipients in 1991. Bishop Desmond Tutu was recognized the following year.

Reginald F Lewis Museum welcomes new executive director

12/11/2020, 6 a.m. Terri Lee Freman Courtesy Photo/RFL Museum Baltimore— The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture is pleased to announce the appointment of Terri Lee Freeman, former President of the National Civil Rights Museum. She will join the Museum in February 2021 as the new Executive Director. Freeman is a national leader who brings an entire career in philanthropy, focused on fundraising and building strategic alliances. Freeman returns to Maryland after her six-year tenure at the National Civil Rights Museum where she placed her emphasis on building the organization’s reputation as the new public square, a place where people from across the globe would gather to discuss and protest difficult issues, celebrate triumphs of the movement and honor Dr. King and his legacy. While stewarding the integrity of the museum’s historic content, Freeman expanded the public programming to increasingly focus on contempo

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