Dallas Civil Rights Museum

Founded in 2014, the Dallas Civil Rights Museum is a place for people to discover and reconnect with the power of the Civil Rights Movement in America during the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Dallas Civil Rights Museum has a national focus of civil rights milestones from a national perspective. The museum houses a collection of original speeches, books, spoken word, art, and artifacts reflecting the Civil Rights movement to inspire dream keepers and change agents.

The four focal points are:

The Underground Railroad
The Civil Rights Movement
Black Wall Street
Trail of Tears

Visitors will learn:

– How the enslaved used visual codes in quilts, songs, and more to seek freedom to Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean

– Why August 28, 1955, is considered by some as a launching pad for the modern civil rights movement

– The significance of jelly beans and a bar of soap in seeking the right to vote,

– Why the GAP band named itself in memory of the 40-acre Greenwood District in Tulsa, OK,

– The removal of the Choctaw, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole nations.

Individual and group tours are available. To schedule a tour, contact Emma Rodgers. For general information, please call 214-670-8418.

Banned Books Week (September 22-28, 2024)

Theme: “Freed Between the Lines”

Dallas Civil Rights Museum recommends a sampling of banned classics to read that are banned from public school libraries:

The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
Fallen Angels (Walter Dean Myers)
House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
I Know Why Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
Out of Darkness (Ashley Hope Pete)
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)

What is Banned Books Week?

Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. This annual event highlights the value of free and open access to information and brings together the entire book community in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas.

For more information, visit https://bannedbooksweek.org.