national civil rights

From the AP:

While touring the National Civil Rights Museum today, I stopped to read a placard at the lunch counter exhibit.

In this week's Nashville Scene, reporter Jeff Woods quotes the curator of the National Civil Rights Museum as saying that King "leaned" toward a "more liberal" party affiliation.

The Memphis Flyer posts in its entirety a curious press release from the Tennessee Republican Party as they took a field trip to the National Civil Rights Museum to tout the Republican Party’s historical credentials on civil rights.

It’s a long press release.  Makes one wonder if they were being questioned abo

I’ve read a ton of beautiful and well-thought out tributes to Martin Luther King Jr this morning.

I can’t really add to any of them other than to say next time you are in Memphis, go to the National Civil Rights Museum. For me, it was eye-opening.

We owe a lot to Rev. King. He created a national dialogue on civil rights and the power of the hu

Glen Dean decided to cross one this morning:

No, I do not believe that Dr. King should have been given a national holiday, and I will not accept the normal and stupid criticism that my stance means that I am a racist. I would oppose a national holiday for Ronald Reagan or even George Washington, who both presently share their day with the other forty one national executives.

Many key hallmarks in the struggle and the history of the Civil Rights Movement are based here in Tennessee. And while the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr took place in Tennessee, the state is also home today of the National Civil Rights Museum. And few realize the ideas that shaped the forces which fought against racism and injustice were nurtured in Tennessee at the Highlander Center, which continues to work today to educat