Center Connects Civil Rights to Broader Human Rights Movement

“Voice to the Voiceless: The Martin Luther King Jr. Collection” displays personal documents and artifacts from the life of the slain civil rights leader. This exhibition includes a draft letter from King to Atlanta University Center students jailed during protests, a telegram from Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee leader Marion Barry to King, and King’s “Open Letter to Negro Youth,” among others.

“Rolls Down Like Water: The American Civil Rights Movement Gallery” examines the civil rights movement from 1954 to1968. Features of the exhibition, which was curated by the Tony Award–winning theatrical playwright and film director George C. Wolfe, include “The Movement Catches Fire,” “Freedom Riders Theater,” “March on Washington,” and “That Day (The King Assassination),” among others.

“Spark of Conviction: The Global Human Rights Movement Gallery” examines the broader human rights movement, beginning with the aftermath of World War II—when in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The exhibit includes documents and artifacts related to contemporary human rights struggles. The gallery also features interactive technology with exhibits including “Who, Like Me, Is Threatened?” “What Are Human Rights?” “Human Rights in Action,” and “The Move, Free, Act Gallery.”