Otherness
“Do you know who this is?” Kelli Edwards, the Center for Civil and Human Rights’s Program Manager, asked a group of young children circled around three tables. Kelli held up […]
Powerful People in Progress: Doug Shipman and Derreck Kayongo
Rights Not Reserved is a podcast from the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. We discuss activism, history and today’s pressing human rights concerns with local, national and international […]
How to be Black
Being a Black woman comes with many different perspectives and hardships, but I never knew I would understand the feeling of pride. This disconnect with issues within the Black community […]
What’s in a Name?
Author of this blog post, Kelly Crosby, is a Gallery Assistant at the Center for Civil and Human Rights. What’s in a name? Apparently, everything. I’ve had many interesting conversations […]
The Detour and My Foundation
Torrie Shepard is the Marketing and Communications intern at The National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Standing Room Only is a weekly blog series that follows Torrie’s journey from […]
Lessons from the Lunch Counter
Sometimes the reality of history can feel unbelievable, not in a way that makes you question if past events truly happened, but how actual people lived and fought through them. This past semester, I […]
The Mustard Seed
Torrie Shepard is the Marketing and Communications intern at The National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Standing Room Only is a weekly blog series that follows Torrie’s journey from […]
Celebrating the Powerful Women of the Center for Civil and Human Rights
On this last day of Women’s HERstory Month, I wanted to honor some very important women to the City of Atlanta. The city is home to many attractions and the […]
Brown vs. Board of Education: Rewind and Fast Forward by Keisha Lewis
Author of this blog post, Keisha Lewis, is the Director of Visitor Services at the Center for Civil and Human Rights. As I arrived at work, busses unloaded anxious middle […]
Women and Politics with Adrienne White: New Episode of Rights Not Reserved
Adrienne White, VP of Finance at The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, talked with us about Women and Politics on our latest episode of our podcast, Rights Not […]