Special & Rotating Exhibits
On-Site Exhibits
"Sit-In Nation"
Sponsored by The Fresh Market
This exhibit highlights a brief overview of the history of the sit-in protest and its impact on the American Civil Rights Movement.
Features 10 banners with imagery and descriptions.
Both the window and digital versions are available for the public free of charge.
Located in the front windows of the Museum.
"Sit-In Nation" is a Window Exhibit. A Museum admission is not required for viewing.
"I Am A Man"
This exhibit, produced by the ICRCM, highlights the sanitation workers' strike in Memphis that revealed the stark contrast in wages, safety rights, and dignity provided between white and Black city employees. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., arrived to Memphis to support the strikes and gave his final major speech, I've Been to the Mountaintop, before being assassinated at Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968.
Features 24 panels with imagery and descriptions. A documentary featuring historical footage and narratives is also shown.
Located on the Second Floor of the Museum.
"I Am A Man" requires a Museum admission to view.
"March on Washington"
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the largest demonstration for human rights in U.S. history, was a protest of vast proportions designed to bring attention to the systematic inequalities and disenfranchisement of African-Americans promulgated by Jim Crow laws.
Features 9 banners with imagery and descriptions.
Located on the Second Floor of the Museum.
"March on Washington" requires a Museum admission to view.
Virtual Exhibits
Helen Suzman:
Fighter for Human Rights
Helen Suzman was a member of the South African Parliament for 36 years, from 1953-1989. She was the sole opposition voice condemning apartheid during the 13-year period (1961-1974) when she was the governing body’s only member of the Progressive Party. This exhibition explores nearly four decades of Suzman’s life and vision through photographs, personal letters, quotations from speeches and news articles.
Consists of 29 framed panels.
Exhibit not currently on display.