The National Center for Civil and Human Rights offers ongoing programming for everyone — young professionals, families with children, students, and adults. With both virtual and in-person programs, there is something for everyone. Learn more about what we have to offer below.
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In September 1906, a mob of 5,000 white people killed 25 African Americans over a four-day killing spree that began in the Five Points neighborhood of downtown Atlanta. Though it is a defining moment in Atlanta’s history, the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre is largely unknown and unrecognized today. A coalition of Atlanta organizations is working...
Join The Center on Wednesday, February 16th at 1pm for a story time featuring the children’s book, Justice Makes a Difference by Dr. Artika Tyner. In Justice Makes a Difference, we meet a young girl named Justice who is curious about the idea of community. Lucky for her, she has a wonderful grandmother who wants...
Equitable Dinners Atlanta and the Fulton County Remembrance Coalition present Stories from the Soil, a series of conversation dinner events remembering the lives of 36 documented victims of racial terror in Fulton County between 1889 – 1936. Stories from the Soil serves to create a narrative to counter that of white supremacy by identifying the...
Join The Center on Wednesday, February 23 at 7pm for a discussion about the history of convict labor at two sites in Atlanta—Bellwood Quarry, now the centerpiece of Westside Reservoir Park, and the Chattahoochee Brick Company. Convict leasing was a practice government leaders and private businesses used after Emancipation to re-enslave Black men and women...
Join The Center on Friday, February 25th at 12:30pm for a virtual story time featuring the book The Electric Slide & Kai by Kelly Baptist. Kai is a young man who isn’t very coordinated and he’s having trouble getting down the steps of the Electric Slide. There’s a family wedding coming up and he doesn’t want to...