CENTER FOR THE STUDY CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS

Located at the historic Selden Ward Mansion on Grove Place, the Center For the Study of Civil and Human Rights Laws officially opened in 2005 with this area’s most extensive.

GET ON THE BUS

Often times people can’t get to the Center. Or, sometimes, groups are so large that the Center can’t accommodate all of the visitors at one time. And, at other times, it just makes sense to take our inspiring and educational exhibits on the road

WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED

On February 1, 1960, four African American college students from North Carolina A&T, refused to give up their seats at the segregated lunch counter of the Greensboro, N.C. sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests

MLK JR. POOL TABLE

Restoring Martin Luther King by Jr.’s Pool Table was no game. MLK Jr. College classmate and friend helps CFSCHRL unveil the fully restored pool table. “Pool Shark For The People”

DESTINATION DIVERSITY

Occasionally, the Center takes the CRMOW on a special “road trip”. The purpose of that journey is to educate about and encourage citizens to embrace the racial, religious, and

CRMOW

The CRMOW is the same make and model bus that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. It is, however, equipped with state of the art audio digital technology so that riders on the CRMOW can see actual footage of

MARCH ON WASHINGTON

This is the most important collection of personal remembrances ever assembled on the great March on Washington. Congressman John Lewis and Julian Bond’s

IN SEARCH OF OUR HEROES

Welcome to IN SEARCH OF OUR HEROES (ISOOH). ISOOH will highlight the public and private heroes and role models that are among us. Some of these individuals will be famous,