A new civil rights museum has opened this weekend in Harlem, New York focusing on the struggles in the North, opened by The National Urban League.
The 12,000 square foot museum is located in the Urban League’s Manhattan headquarters. Called the Urban Civil Rights Museum in Harlam, it explores the region's lesser-known histories of the Civil Rights Movement and the local changemakers and artists whose contributions helped shape politics and culture worldwide.
The organizers say they hope to remind visitors of their “collective power” in the present.
Jennifer Scott, the museum’s founding executive director and chief curator, states that they want people to know that they are key participants. "History is living, it’s unfinished, and we can impact it.”
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