Human Dignity in Action
Step into living history. Discover the courage of everyday people and your own power to protect human rights.
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is more than a museum. It’s a journey into truth, memory, and movements. Here, the stories of those who fought for freedom meet the changemakers of today. Come witness the past and leave ready to shape what’s next.
The past lives here. The future moves through you.
Exhibitions
Walk through moments that changed history and still shape our world. From the fight against Jim Crow to global struggles for human rights, our exhibitions ignite empathy and action.
Sit at a 1950s lunch counter, feel freedom songs ring through Jim Crow, then cross oceans and decades to stand with today’s human rights defenders.
Rolls down like water
Rolls Down Like Water explores pivotal moments of the American Civil Rights Movement through interactive experiences that invite deeper engagement.
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Everyone. Everywhere.
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A Committed Life
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Your Visit, Your Way
Create a guided path based on your time or interests, or use our Plan Your Visit tool to shape the experience that’s most meaningful to you.
Education with Purpose
Because understanding human rights is the first step to protecting them.
Resources for educators committed to developing tomorrow’s leaders.
Learning Portal
300+ interactive lesson plans, videos, and classroom ready tools.
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Traveling Trunks
Bring history into your classroom with artifact-filled kits and guided curricula. Request a trunk →
K-12 Programs
Emotionally resonant, standards-aligned field trips and in-class experiences.
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Our Work in Action From reflection to resolve
Our initiatives turn learning into leadership, sparking civic action, cultural connection, and systemic change.
Culture Connections
Building effective workplaces through dialogue, learning, and lasting change.
Meaningful Reflections from Our Visitors
Your Commitment Creates change
Support our work and join a growing movement for human dignity.
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