The Center for Civil and Human Rights opened in 2014 and is dedicated to presenting the history of the American Civil Rights Movement and the work of human rights activists worldwide, especially as they pertain to the rights of women and LGBT persons.

The “Voice to the Voiceless” exhibit contains Martin Luther King, Jr.’s papers, writings, and personal items; visitors can listen to a recording of the sermon he gave which predicted his assassination.

The “Rolls Down Like Water” exhibit is an interactive history of the American Civil Rights movement that includes a reproduction of a Woolworth’s lunch counter where visitors can listen through headphones to the taunts and threats leveled at activists of the time.

The “Spark of Conviction” exhibit has a gallery of repressive dictators countered by examples of the work going on worldwide to fight for basic human rights.

Address: Center for Civil and Human Rights, 100 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30313, Phone: 678-999-8990

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