The King Center and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights Launch Letter From Birmingham Jail Program to Mark International Human Rights Day
Celebration offers a two-day nonviolence training and a panel discussion Dec. 8 to 10 ATLANTA, GA (Dec. 3, 2020) – The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social […]
President & CEO Jill Savitt Reflects on 2020
Dear Friends: As we head into the home stretch of a year for the history books, we wanted to tell our community how The National Center for Civil and Human […]
Arthur M. Blank’s Proceeds from Forthcoming Memoir, “Good Company,” Going to The National Center for Civil and Human Rights
BLANK TO MAKE INITIAL CONTRIBUTION OF $300,000 AS PART OF BOOK’S DEBUT ATLANTA (June 24, 2020) – Arthur M. Blank’s personal proceeds from his book, GOOD COMPANY, will be donated […]
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights commemorates and celebrates Juneteenth
“The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free,” wrote Major General Gordon Granger 155 years ago in General Order Number Three. This freedom, he continued, “involves […]
Statement of Jill Savitt, CEO of The National Center for Civil and Human Rights
We start our week against a backdrop of pain and injustice in our country because of the recent murders of black men and women by vigilantes and law enforcement. There […]
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights Presents 2020 Power to Inspire Honorees
Due to COVID-19, The Center’s sixth annual event will happen live online at https://www.thecenterpowertoinspire.org through June Atlanta, Ga. (May 19, 2020) – The National Center for Civil and Human Rights […]
Mari Copeny: More Than A Pageant Queen
In the small town of Flint, Michigan, in 2016, one child sent a letter to Former President Barack Obama to advocate for environmental change in her community. Unlike many other […]
“Our House is on Fire”: Supplementary Materials
Join us for a reading of Jeanette Winter’s “Our House Is on Fire: Greta Thunberg’s Call to Save the Planet”. Learn the story of Greta Thunberg, the seventeen-year-old climate activist […]
The Voice of an Untamed Heart: Victim of Circumstance amid COVID 19
I woke up this morning to rain falling and echoes of my children talking. It is a normalness that I have been accustomed to but soon I remember that it’s […]
“3,585 Miles to be an American Girl”: Supplementary Materials
3,585 Miles to be an American Girl | Supplementary Materials Join us for Nury Crawford’s reading of her book “3,585 Miles to be an American Girl”. An English & Spanish […]