The International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina

Posted on November 17, 2008
Filed Under North America

The carefully crafted exhibits in the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina take you on a poignant journey through the 1960’s American civil rights movement. Genuine restorations of landmark places, multimedia reenactments, and authentic artifacts let you see, touch and hear history.

Perhaps the most moving exhibit of all is the final exhibit. This solemn space remembers the stories of one hundred men, women and children, not only from the American civil rights movement but internationally- by honoring Mahatma Gandhi and the courageous Chinese students who laid down their lives in Tianamen Square. The International Civil Rights Center and Museum encourages you to explore your own place in the equal rights movement.

You leave the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina with a deep understanding and emotional connection to landmark places and incredible people. Four men sitting at a lunch counter caught the notice of a nation.

The International Civil Rights Center and Museum is easily accessible from downtown Greensboro, North Carolina on the corner of South Elm Street and February One Place. Call the offices at (800) 748-7116 for more details.