Civil Rights

The future civil rights leader grew up in this Alabama farmhouse.

A Guinness World Record-holding social enterprise whose shows don't shy away from heavy themes.

The partial realization of a utopian proposal to build a master planned community primarily by and for Black Americans.

This ranch house in Jackson's Elraine neighborhood was home to the civil rights icons and the site of a shocking assassination.

Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.

This bronze sculpture was inspired by a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife embracing after he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1810, free people of color made up more of New Orleans's population than any other Southern city.

This public art pays homage to the baseball legend and civil rights icon and his time in Montreal.

An 83-foot tall granite obelisk honors the legacy of Dr. King in the heart of Norfolk's Black community.

A neighborhood grocery store established a local civil rights leader.

Now a museum, once the site of the longest act of civil disobedience in United States history.

One of the smallest parks in San Francisco honors the legacy of the "Mother of Civil Rights in California."

Beneath unsuspecting visitors feet, a capsule containing pieces of America’s civil rights history.