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via actionnews5: Security will be tight throughout downtown Memphis on Wednesday as thousands of people come together at the National Civil Rights Museum to remember a solemn anniversary. It is the first trip to Memphis and the National Civil Rights Museum for many of the visitors, and Tuesday’s weather is eerily the same as 50 […]

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getty images: The National Civil Rights Museum says it will bestow its annual Freedom Award on journalist Soledad O’Brien, civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump and three others. The Memphis-based museum gives its Freedom Award each year for work in the advancement of civil and human rights. Other winners announced Wednesday are U.S. Court of Appeals […]

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Just in time for Black History Month, the National Civil Rights Museum and Google have released new ways to check out thousands of historical documents. Monday, the Google Cultural Institute released more than 4,000 new digital documents in tribute to Black History Month. The documents feature never-before-seen virtual expeditions through the black comic revolution, print […]

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The main section of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn. reopens to the public on Saturday, one day after the 46th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The civil rights leader was gunned down April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, which is now part of the […]

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The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis plans to open the balcony where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to the public. The museum was built around and includes the old Lorraine Motel, where King was staying when he was assassinated in 1968. Visitors had been able to see the balcony where King was shot […]

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Magician David Copperfield said Wednesday he purchased a newly discovered audiotape of a Martin Luther King Jr. interview and would donate it to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis to promote the civil rights icon’s message of nonviolence. Copperfield told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he purchased the 1960 tape this week from […]