┌─╨─┐ ╡Ò_Ó╞ └╥─╥┘News▼ Atlanta fitting home for Center for Human and Civil Rights ATLANTA – The National Center for Human and Civil Rights opened to the public Monday, after a nine-year journey of design, redesign and research. The center’s progress, however, did not end when tickets were sold or exhibits were built. “We believe we’re just starting,” said former Mayor of Atlanta Shirley Franklin. “Some people think it’s an end because the building is open. Some people think it’s an end because exhibits are installed. We, the board of directors, we, the people who love freedom, understand that this is just a step along the way.” The Atlanta-based companies and organizations dedicated to human and civil rights, as well as the city’s importance in the civil right movement made it an ideal location for the center, said Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. “It is so fitting and so appropriate that this beautiful and important center would make its home in downtown Atlanta -- the capital of the new South,” he said. Less than half the size of the neighboring World of Coke, the center includes three floors of galleries focused on current and past issues and the efforts regarding human and civil rights -- those rights that come from government and those shared by all humanity. Topics covered in the museum will change to echo what is going on in the world, said the center’s CEO Doug Shipman.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 18:25:59 +0000
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