IMyuziyam yoLungelo loLuntu

Imyuziyam yeNational Civil Rights eMemphis yinto yokukhwabanisa yenkcubeko eyaziwayo emhlabeni ekhupha iindwendwe zeentwendwe ngonyaka. Eli liziko lihlola iimfuno zoluntu ezijongene naloo sixeko sethu kunye nesizwe sethu kwimbali.

ILorraine Motel

Namhlanje, iMyuziyam yoLungelo lweZiko loLuntu lihlala kwindawo ethile kwiLorraine Motel. Iimbali ze-motel, nangona kunjalo, lifutshane kwaye libuhlungu. Kwavulwa ngowe-1925 yaye ekuqaleni kwakusekwa "umhlophe".

Ekupheleni kweMfazwe Yehlabathi II, ke ke, i-motel iya kuba yincinci. Kungenxa yesi sizathu sokuba uDkt Martin Luther King, uJr. Wahlala eLorraine xa ehambela iMemphis ngo-1968. UDkt. King wabulawa ebhodini lakhe kwigumbi lakhe lehotele ngo-Ephreli 4 waloo nyaka. Emva kokufa kwakhe, i-motel yayinzima ukuhlala kwishishini. Ngowe-1982, iLorraine Motel yaya kwi-foreclosure.

Ukulondoloza iLorraine

Ngekamva leLorraine Motel engaqinisekanga, iqela labemi basekhaya lenza uMartin Luther King Memorial Foundation ngenjongo yodwa yokugcina i-motel. Eli qela laphakamisa imali, lancenga iminikelo, lenze imali mboleko, kwaye yahlukana neLucky Hearts Cosmetics ukuthenga i-motel i-$ 144,000 xa ikhuphuke kwintengiso. Ngosizo lomzi waseMemphis, eSherby County, kunye nelizwe laseTennessee , imali eyaneleyo yaphakanyiswa ukuba isicwangciso, ukuyila, nokwakha oko kuza kugqitywa ukuba yiMbali yoLuntu lweMbali yoluntu.

Ukuzalwa kweMyuziyam yoLuntu lweMbali yoluntu

Ngowe-1987, ukwakha kwaqala kwiziko lamalungelo oluntu elihlala ngaphakathi kweLorraine Motel. Iziko lijoliswe ekuncedeni iindwendwe zalo ukuba ziqonde kakuhle iziganeko zoMbutho wamaLungelo eMelika. Ngo-1991, i-museum yavula iingcango zayo kuluntu. Kwiminyaka elishumi kamva, umhlaba waphulwa kwakhona ngenxa yokwandiswa kweedola eziligidi eziza kubongeza i-12,800 square feet space.

Ukwandiswa kuya kudibanisa iimyuziyam ukuya kwisakhiwo sase-Young naseMorrow kunye neNdlela enkulu yeNdlela yokuLungiswa kweNdlela apho uJames Earl Ray ecaphune ngokudubula idlwengulo eyabulala uDkt Martin Luther King, Jr.

Imiboniso

Imiboniso kwiMyuziyam yoLungelo loLuntu kaZwelonke ibonisa isahluko sokulwa kwamalungelo oluntu kwilizwe lethu ukuze kuphuculwe ukuqonda okungcono imingeni ebandakanyekayo. Ezi zibonisa ukuhamba ngeembali eziqala ngemihla yobukhoboka ukuya ngasekuqaleni kwe-20 leminyaka ukulwa ngokulinganayo. Kubandakanywa kwimiboniso iifoto, ii-akhawunti zephephandaba, kunye neentlobo ezintathu ezibonakalisa imicimbi yamalungelo oluntu njengeMontgomery Bus Boycott, iMatshi ngomhla weWashington, kunye ne-Food Counter Sit-Ins.

Indawo kunye neLwazi loQhagamshelwano

Imyuziyam yoLungelo loLuntu lweSizwe ilapha eMntfis kwi:
Street Street
Memphis, TN 38103

kwaye ungaqhagamshelana naye:
(901) 521-9699
okanye contact@civilrightsmuseum.org

Ulwazi loLwendwendwe

Iiyure:
NgoMvulo noLwesithathu - ngoMgqibelo 9:00 ekuseni-5: 00 ntambama
NgoLwesibini - UVALWE
NgeCawa 1: 00 ntambama - 5: 00 ntambama
* NgoJuni-Agasti, i-museum ivuliwe kuze kube ngo-6: 00 ntambama *

Imali yo kwamkelwa:
Abadala - $ 12.00
Abadala kunye nabafundi (kunye ne-ID) - $ 10.00
Abantwana 4-17 - $ 8.50
Abantwana 3 nabangaphantsi kwe-Free