The stories of the American civil rights movement and the global human rights movement are intimately linked. The Center for Civil and Human Rights offers a space to tell these stories, presenting them visually to create personal connections with visitors.
What if a new approach could help you understand human rights on a grand scale?
Narratives unfold as visitors travel through immersive, multimedia galleries created in collaboration with director George C. Wolfe and human rights activist Jill Savitt.
Dramatically lit rooms tell the story of the Civil Rights Movement.
These light- and sound-controlled environments let visitors experience events like the Greensboro lunch counter sit-in through a binaural soundtrack of violent reactions to protesters and simulations of their stools being kicked.
“This is communal storytelling.”
In a space designed to inspire personal connections, visitors confront mirrors that reveal a persecuted person with similar traits.
The third gallery is a chapel-like space dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr.
A rotating exhibit of personal papers is shown in archival cases alongside a projection of the phrase “I Have a Dream” in 25 different languages. The gallery is meant to foster quiet reflection as visitors read and contemplate Dr. King’s words.
