National Civil Rights Museum

Terri Lee Freeman resigns as National Civil Rights Museum president for new post

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Man breaks into National Civil Rights Museum, sleeps on bed

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National Civil Rights Museum re-opens in Memphis

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National Civil Rights Museum brings history to 21st century

MSNBC – From down on Mulberry Street, the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. looks very much the way it did 46 years ago, when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped from room 306, onto a second-floor balcony, and into eternity…
/ April 4, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

First look: New exhibits at National Civil Rights Museum

theGRIO SLIDESHOW – The leadership at the National Civil Rights Museum made a decision to give their exhibits a complete overhaul and introduce more technology and more information while doing it.
/ April 4, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

National Civil Rights Museum completes $27.5 million renovation

theGRIO VIDEO – The National Civil Rights Museum has completed a $27.5 million renovation and will re-open to the public on Saturday, April 5. The museum is located at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, the site of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination in April, 1968…
/ April 4, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

National Civil Rights Museum to open balcony where MLK was shot to public

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis plans to open the balcony where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to the public…
/ November 2, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Cicely Tyson, Danny Glover among 2011 Freedom Award winners

MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) – Danny Glover and Cicely Tyson are among the winners of the 2011 Freedom Awards, sponsored by the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.
/ August 10, 2011