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A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), it is one of Alabama’s premiere civil rights sites and serves as the interpretive center for the Civil Rights Memorial, which honors the martyrs of the movement and inspires visitors to continue the march for racial equity and social justice.
The Civil Rights Memorial is an American memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, created by Maya Lin. The names of 41 people are inscribed on the granite fountain as martyrs who were killed in the civil rights movement. [1] The memorial is sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center. [2]
The Civil Rights Memorial Center is located at 400 Washington Avenue in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, across the street from the Southern Poverty Law Center office building and a block away from Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church.
The Southern Poverty Law Center reopened the Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC) today, unveiling new exhibits and updates designed to enhance visitors’ understanding of the civil rights movement and the ongoing struggle for justice.
Created by Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer Maya Lin, the Memorial is located across the street from the Southern Poverty Law Center's office building in Montgomery, Alabama, a city rich with civil rights history.
Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. Attraction Info: ADA Accessible, Educational Stop. Online Resources: https://www.splcenter.org/civil-rights-memorial. View Itinerary. Discover the Civil Rights Memorial, a moving tribute to those who died in the civil rights struggle between 1954 and 1968.
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.
Opened in 2005 adjacent to the memorial, the Civil Rights Memorial Center is a 5,000-square-foot building that houses multiple exhibits, a 56-seat theater, a classroom for educational activities, and the interactive Wall of Tolerance.
A trip down memory lane for those who lived through the Civil Rights Movement, and a great history lesson for those who are younger. Admission is only $2; the center includes interactive "pointers" which, when moved to face new directions, identifies areas directly around the memorial center where civil rights movements took place in Montgomery.
With its circular design crafted by Maya Lin, this haunting memorial focuses on 40 martyrs of the Civil Rights movement. Some cases remain unsolved. Martin Luther King Jr was the most famous, but there were many 'faceless' deaths along the way, both white and African American.