The National Civil Rights Museum

The National Civil Rights Museum

The Lorraine Motel and Dr. King’s balcony

The Lorraine Motel and Dr. King’s balcony

The museum is very well done, and it takes visitors through the civil rights struggle from after the Civil War to the present. Without going into too much detail, these are some of the exhibits that struck me (click on each photo to read the text):

I’m amazed at all the picayune ways white supremacists enforced segregation.

I’m amazed at all the picayune ways white supremacists enforced segregation.

Challenges to segregation including the flyer that was distributed to boycott the buses in Montgomery after Rosa Parks was arrested; a pamphlet for helping African-Americans navigate Route US-40 and challenge segregation; and a very good question.

Challenges to segregation including the flyer that was distributed to boycott the buses in Montgomery after Rosa Parks was arrested; a pamphlet for helping African-Americans navigate Route US-40 and challenge segregation; and a very good question.

Documented human rights abuses.

Documented human rights abuses.

Recreations of scenes from the March on Washington and the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ strike that brought Dr. King to the Lorraine Motel.

Recreations of scenes from the March on Washington and the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ strike that brought Dr. King to the Lorraine Motel.

It’s inspirational. And also really depressing.

Next: Gulfport, Mississippi

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