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The four galleries at the Civil Rights Memorial Center focus on the modern civil rights movement (1954-1968), the stories of the martyrs honored on the Civil Rights Memorial, contemporary social justice issues, and a space of reflection.
The Civil Rights Memorial Center honors the triumphs and tragedies that took place during the modern American Civil Rights Movement. State-of-the-art exhibits and an original short film encourage reflection on the power of activism.
The Civil Rights Memorial was dedicated in Montgomery, Alabama, in November 1989. In an attempt to avoid being typecast as a builder of memorials, Lin in the 1990s shifted her attention to other forms of art and architecture. Many of her artworks, from small sculptures displayed in galleries to large environmental installations, took their ...
May 30, 2024 · The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, Montgomery County, pays homage to those who gave their lives in the struggle for civil rights in America. The black granite Civil Rights Memorial records the names of 40 individuals killed during the civil rights movement between 1954 and 1968, and the adjacent […]
The Montgomery civil rights museum and memorial takes visitors on a gut-wrenching journey through some of America’s darkest moments. It has been called the most important U.S. memorial since the debut of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall in 1982.
The Civil Rights Memorial Center is sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center in downtown Montgomery. It includes a great deal of educational information about the Civil Rights Movement, an original 20 minute film about the Movement, and the Civil Rights Memorial. $2.00 admission charged for adults, under 18 FREE.
The National Memorial is a sacred space for truth telling and reflection about racial terrorism and its legacy. On a hilltop overlooking Montgomery is the nation’s first comprehensive memorial dedicated to the legacy of Black Americans who were enslaved, terrorized by lynching, humiliated by racial segregation, and presumed guilty and dangerous.
