New NCRM president says museum plays vital role in understanding nation's civil and human rights history "I think there's opportunity for us to be an important thought leader in national conversations around racial reconciliation," Dr. Russell Wigginton explained. Author: Rebecca Butcher Updated: 10:18 PM CDT July 2, 2021 MEMPHIS, Tenn — The location where Martin Luther King Junior was shot, a chronicling of the American civil rights movement and where the story of the ongoing struggle for human rights is told all bring to mind the National Civil Rights Museum. The museum is a place where many Memphians oftentimes find themselves visiting again and again, able to reflect on the past.